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All bees are produced from an egg which is laid by the queen, most are fertilised eggs and the Male or female is decided by the queen and laid in different sized comb the male, also reffered to as a drone is laid in a larger than normal comb whereas the normal female or worker bee is laid in the normal size comb. the queen also lays a female into a comb which is built hanging down, this female is fed for longer on the special foods and will become a queen.
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∙ 12y agomales are produced through parthenogenisis where females are produced through fertilisation.
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How many classes are honey bees divided into in a bee hives?
Three. In a honey bee hive, all of the bees are workers (infertile females) except for the queen and a few hundred drones (males).
Are females honey bee workers?
no
Name the members of a honeybee family?
There is one queen in a honey bee colony, several hundred drones (males) and up to 80000 workers (infertile females).
What are the different bees in a beehive?
In a honey bee hive there will be one queen, several hundred drones (males) and all the others (up to 80000) will be workers (infertile females).
Which eggs hatch in to males and which into females in case of honey bees?
The unfertilized eggs of the queen bee hatch into male bees, or drones. Worker bees, or females, and female queen bees hatch from fertilized eggs.
Do bumble bees generate honey?
No. Honey is only produced by the honey bee - Apis Mellifera.
Are there bee's with out stingers?
Yes, there are some species of stingless bee; and in the others it is only the females that have stings, the males do not.
Do all Bee's have stingers?
No, there are some types of bee which are stingless; and in those varieties which can sting, only the females have stings, the males do not.
What is Wisconsin state insect?
the honey bee
What is bee wine called?
Mead is a type of wine made from honey produced by bees.
Honeybee how is the honey made?
sweet wax is produced from the abdomen of worker bees and it passes through its mouth where the bee chews it to make it soft for making the honeycombBeeswax is a natural wax produced in the bee hive of honey bees of the genus Apis. It is mainly esters of fatty acids and various long chain alcohols.It is secreted by the bees from glands on their abdomens.
Is there any kind of honey bee that stings?
Yes, honey bees can sting if they are females but no, they cannot if they are males.Specifically, male bees (Apis spp) are called drones and females are either queens or workers. The male only has a barb in its sex organ, which causes it to die after mating. Females have barbed, rear-end stingers which can be used once by a worker bee and more than once by the queen bee.
