About Bees
Have 5 eyes and 6 legs and fly about 20 mph.
They are invertebrates, meaning they do not
have backbones.
• Noisy because they flap their wings up to 200
times in a second.
Live in colonies with other bees. An average
beehive can hold around 50,000 bees.
The only insect that makes food man can eat.
Eating honey makes you smarter as it has an
antioxidant that improves brain functions.
The bee family comprises of
three different members:
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Queen Bee:
She is the one
responsible for laying
eggs. She runs the
hive and is supported
by worker bees. She
can lay up to 2500
eggs a day.
Queen bee lives somewhere between 2-5 years, a worker bee
lives up to 5-6 weeks and a drone up to 6-7 weeks.
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Worker Bees:
These are female
workers who collect
nectar, build and clean
hive. Only female bees
can sting and losing their
stinger will cause
them to die.
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Drones:
Male bees are
called drones.
Their only purpose
is to mate with the
queen bee. Male
bees don't have
stingers.