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A Bit About Bees...
A honey is an insect that carries pollen from
to and produces . |
There are 3 types of s in a colony- a queen bee , |
worker bees , and drones . |
The worker bee and the queen
are both female bees but only the queen is allowed
to reproduce. The drones are the male bees. |
The worker bees have many jobs including
cleaning , finding pollen , |
building new comb ,taking care of baby bees
(called larvae) etc. |
The drones only job is to mate with the queen
and the queen's only job is to lay eggs.![](egg.gif) |
The honey has 3 basic body parts - a head, an
abdomen, and a thorax |
On the head, the has 5 s, a
pair of antennae, a tongue , and jaws called
mandibles |
s use the tongue to suck
water , nectar, and . |
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They use mandibles for moving around pollen and shaping beeswax. |
The thorax is the middle portion of the and it
contains muscles . |
The has 2 pairs of wings and 3 pairs of legs . |
On the legs of a honey are
special structures and hair that help the clean
itself and carry pollen.![](beepollen.gif) |
The abdomen is the longest part of a honey and has
most of the important organs.![](organ.gif) |
It is covered with hard segments that protect the
and also help keep it from drying up. |
The sting (found only in female bees) is on the
tip of the abdomen. |
The abdomen also contains glands like the scent and wax-secreting
glands in worker bees , male reproductive organs in
the drone bees, and female reproductive organs in
the queen bee . |