How many bees are in the hive? Detailed answer

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How many bees are in the hive?

Bees have a complex social organization, in some ways even more complex than that of humans. No other animal species can compare with them in this respect. The bee can only survive when it is a member of the colony. By itself, the bee will not be able to survive for a long time.

A colony of bees consists of one queen (womb), thousands of worker bees, and in certain seasons, several hundred or even thousands of drones, or males.

The colony must have some shelter. Anything can be a hive: a hollow inside a log, a box or a modern industrial hive.

The uterus lays eggs, but she is not able to follow everything else. She can lay over 1500 eggs per day, which is about 250 per season. Rarely does a queen manage to lay a million eggs in her lifetime: usually most queens live only one or two years. She lays fertilized eggs, which later turn into worker bees and queens, and unfertilized ones, which turn into drones.

A colony may only have a few thousand worker bees, but in the process of developing them, 60 bees can appear! As you can see, at certain times the hive is very crowded. With such a large number of worker bees, it is necessary to divide the colony into several colonies. Each worker bee performs a clearly defined job, and without prior training. She can do very difficult work, and so quickly, as if she has been doing this for a very long time. At first, the worker bee only cleans the cells. Later, she will take over the job of feeding the larvae, which will soon leave the hive. In the end, she will become a field bee that will collect nectar and pollen, which will then become honey.

Author: Likum A.

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