Honey bee

🐝 Honey Bee

A honey bee is a small flying insect famous for making honey and helping plants grow through pollination.

🔬 Scientific Classification
• Genus: Apis
• Common species: Apis mellifera (Western honey bee)

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🐝 Types of Honey Bees in a Colony
1. Queen Bee
• Only one in each colony
• Lays all the eggs
• Largest bee
2. Worker Bees
• All are female
• Collect nectar and pollen
• Make honey and wax
• Protect the hive
3. Drone Bees
• Male bees
• Mate with a queen
• Do not collect food

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🍯 How Honey Is Made
1. Worker bees collect nectar from flowers.
2. Nectar is stored in a special stomach.
3. Bees return to the hive and pass nectar to other workers.
4. Nectar is placed into honeycomb cells.
5. Wing flapping dries the nectar into honey.
6. Cells are sealed with wax.

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🌼 Importance of Honey Bees
• Help plants grow by pollination
• Produce honey, beeswax, royal jelly
• Support farming and food production

About one-third of the world’s food depends on bee pollination.

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📍 Where Honey Bees Live
• Live together in groups called colonies
• Their home is called a hive
• Found on every continent except Antarctica

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⏳ Lifespan
• Queen: up to 5 years
• Worker: 5–6 weeks
• Drone: about 8 weeks

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