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How do male bees protect themselves?
male bees do not have stingers, only the females or workers. they must fly away as there only protection.
Can bees sting when they are dead?
Yes and No because girl bees can only sting
What is the name for female and male bees?
Male bees are called drones and females are workers.
What do workers bees do?
work
The stingers of bees and wasps are adaptations used for?
The stingers of bees and wasps are evolved from the queen's ovipositor, the part of her body that lays eggs. All workers (and the only ones that can sting) are female.
What are the percent of female workers?
About 95% of the honey bees in a hive are workers (infertile females). The rest are drones (male bees) and just one queen.
What ia female bee called?
The female bees are either queens or workers -- and there will only be one queen in each colony.
Why are most bees sterile?
The queen bee is the only fertile female in a colony and her sole purpose is to lay eggs. A workers job is to work and therefore there is no necessity for a worker to be fertile.
Are the drones the only male honey bees?
Yes, drones are the only male honey bees. Their eyes are larger than those of workers (non-fertile females) or queens (fertile females), which aids them in finding a queen. Their bodies are larger than workers, but smaller than queens. They only serve one purpose; to mate with a queen. Once they have mated, they die.
Which bees feed the egg-laying bee?
The workers
Why don't worker bees lay eggs?
Although worker bees and queen bees are all females, the queen bee releases a pheromone which causes the worker bees to be infertile. This is because the queen bee is the only one who can lay eggs in the colony. She wants to keep the workers under her control.
What are three kinds of bees in a honybee hive?
Queen, drones (male bees), workers (infertile females).
