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To quote Shakespeare:
"To bee or not to bee [social], that is the question."
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How are solitary bees different from social bees?
Solitary bees live alone and do not form colonies, while social bees such as honeybees live in colonies with a queen, workers, and drones. Solitary bees build individual nests for their offspring, while social bees collaborate to build and maintain a communal nest.
what is the social life of the honey?
Honey bees are social insects that live in colonies with a highly organized social structure. Within the colony, there is a division of labor among the queen, drones, and worker bees. Worker bees perform tasks such as foraging for food, caring for young bees, and building and maintaining the hive. Communication among honey bees is vital for coordinating activities such as foraging, reproduction, and defense of the hive.
Can bees be pets?
No. Bees are wild creatures even if they are kept in a hive by a beekeeper. They are also social insects and live in a colony with lots of other bees.
Why are bees classified as 'social insects'?
Honey bees are 'social' insects because they live in 'societies' or colonies of many thousands of individuals, where each member of the colony performs different tasks for the greater good of the colony as a whole. Honey bees would be unable to survive without the rest of the colony. This is not true of all bees, some bumble bees live a less social life, living alone, or in very small groups.
Social insect that lives in colonies?
ants, bees, wasps
Responses of insects such as the social behavior of bees are controlled by what?
Pheremones.
Why do bees live in large colonies?
Only honey bees (Apis Mellifera) live in large colonies of up to 80,000 bees because they work as a team and are known as social bees. Other bees live individually or in small groups and are known as solitary bees.
Why honey bees are called social insects?
Because they live in colonies of around 50,000 bees. You have to be sociable when you have so many neighbours!
What insects is known as a social insect?
bees and ants are the most common
What social group does the bee live in?
Honey bees live in colonies.
Do bumble bees live in social colonies like honey bees?
Yes, but in much smaller colonies with around 50 others.
Why are bees called social insects?
bees live in colonies or groups. each colony has a queen bee and a drone bee and many worker bees. the queen bee lays eggs with the help of drone bee and the worker bees look after them.
