BEES
Opening
statement
A bees Latin name is Abis.
Description
Bees have three pairs of legs and a pair of antennae. Their bodies have three parts: the head, the
thorax, and the abdomen. Bees have a thick
waist and a coat of body hair.
Location
Some bees live in colonies.
Bees live in tropical and sub-tropical regions.
Dynamics
The queen is a large female who starts the nest. Workers are females who look after the
nest. Drones are males who mate with the
new queens. Drones do not work. A new honeybee colony starts after a new
queen and her workers come together and form a swarm. The swarm finds a suitable place to build a
nest. The workers build the cells in the
nest, and the queen lays eggs in the cells.
One queen can lay 1,500 eggs per day.
Most of the eggs will produce workers, some eggs will produce drones,
only a few eggs will produce queens. A
honeybee has a digestive system that absorbs food.
Closing
statement
Bees are the important pollinators of flowering plants,
fruits and vegetables.
By Kayden Davies K.D
