TYPES OF BEES

TYPES OF BEES

Drone, queen and worker (source: www.pinterest.com)

Drone

• Is a male bee that mates with queen
• It is dark and has no stingy and teeth
• Has big eyes
• His live expectance is equal to 60days
• Dies just after mating and or in during food shortages is killed by the workers.

Queen

• Has good sent that attract drones
• Brings unity in the hive
• Her wings are shorter in proportion to her body length
• Don’t have the ability to transport pollen
• Lays more than 2500 eggs per day
• Stays for more than 2 – 5 years
• Takes 3days to brood her eggs.

Workers

• These are the smaller bees than queen and drone
• Has all required features for currying/ transporting pollen, nectar, water, propolis etc
• Does all the work in the beehive: protection, caring queen, drone and youngers bees and search for food
• Are the decision makers in the beehive