What Do They Look Like?
Honeybees are small golden and black striped insects. They have a small body made of three parts - the head, thorax and abdomen. Honeybees have two straight antenna and two compound eyes. They also have four wings, a small sharp stinger, six legs and a pollen basket. Where Do They Live? Honeybees live all over the world except for the cold places like North Pole and Antarctica. They like to live in warm places where there are flowers. They can also live on bee farms and beehives. They also can’t live in the desert because there are no flowers. Honeybees live on some farms because they help with all the fruit and veggies. They can also live in colonies made up of the queen, worker bees and drones.
Giving Birth
The Queen lays lots of eggs, probably at least over 4000. The drones mate with the queen. When babies are born they metamorphosis. They start off as eggs and then they turn into larva and then into a adult bee. They could be a drone or a worker bee, Worker bees are girls and drones are boys.
How Long Do Honey Bees Live?
Queen bees can live up to 7 years while worker bees and drones can only live for a few months, otherwise a few weeks.
What Do They Do?
Honey bees collect nectar to make honey. They get nectar from flowers. They use their long tube-like tongues like a long straw to suck up all the nectar and store it in their honey stomachs until they get back to the hive. Bees have two stomachs, their honey stomach and their normal stomach. They have to go to 1000 flowers to fill their honey stomachs. After they have visited 1000 flowers, they return to the hive and pass the nectar to another bee. The other worker puts its tube-like tongue down into the other worker’s mouth into the honey stomach then the other bee sucks and chews on the nectar for half an hour. After half an hour, the bee then spreads all the honey into the wax cells where water evaporates from it, making a thicker syrup. The bees fan the nectar with their wings to help it dry. Once the honey is thick enough and dry enough, the bee seals up the honeycomb with a plug of wax. It is the ready to collect.
How Do Bees Communicate?
They do a dance like this - waggle to the left, waggle to the right, for excellent direction, when workers are in flight.
Giving Birth
The Queen lays lots of eggs, probably at least over 4000. The drones mate with the queen. When babies are born they metamorphosis. They start off as eggs and then they turn into larva and then into a adult bee. They could be a drone or a worker bee, Worker bees are girls and drones are boys.
How Long Do Honey Bees Live?
Queen bees can live up to 7 years while worker bees and drones can only live for a few months, otherwise a few weeks.
What Do They Do?
Honey bees collect nectar to make honey. They get nectar from flowers. They use their long tube-like tongues like a long straw to suck up all the nectar and store it in their honey stomachs until they get back to the hive. Bees have two stomachs, their honey stomach and their normal stomach. They have to go to 1000 flowers to fill their honey stomachs. After they have visited 1000 flowers, they return to the hive and pass the nectar to another bee. The other worker puts its tube-like tongue down into the other worker’s mouth into the honey stomach then the other bee sucks and chews on the nectar for half an hour. After half an hour, the bee then spreads all the honey into the wax cells where water evaporates from it, making a thicker syrup. The bees fan the nectar with their wings to help it dry. Once the honey is thick enough and dry enough, the bee seals up the honeycomb with a plug of wax. It is the ready to collect. How Do Bees Communicate?
They do a dance like this - waggle to the left, waggle to the right, for excellent direction, when workers are in flight.
Hi Emily,
ReplyDeleteI am learning a lot about the Honey Bee from reading your report. I did not know that bees could not live in the desert. I also learnt that the worker bees are the girls. Wow, 1000 flowers to fill up their flower stomach.
What an awesome description, "Blue like tongue." I can get a really clear image in my mind and I have also learnt a new fact.
What busy bees, having to collect the honey and dry the nectar with their wings.
Thank you for sharing your inforamtion with me. I like photos of what you did in class. You were really lucky to have Mrs Russell bring all this into class for your learning. I had never let a bee walk all over me before so that was a new experience for me too.