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Are nurse bees females?
Yes. All worker bees are females. The males are the drones, and they do no work in the hive, nor do they forage for food.
Do both female and male bees make honey?
No, only the female worker bees make honey. The female queen bee and the male drone bees do not make or gather food themselves. The queen spends her time laying eggs while the drones have only one purpose, to mate with a queen when she is on her one and only mating flight. The drones are only produced in the spring/summer and are killed off each year once their job is done. For more info on bees, see the Related Link below ;-) http://www.backyardbeekeepers.com/facts.html
Why can't drones gather their own food?
Bees are colonial insects, the heart of the colony is the fertile female queen and for most of the time she lays fertilised eggs that mature into female worker bees. As these workers mature they do a variety of jobs in the hive until in their final stages of life they go out and find food. If a queen bee dies the workers will select a recently laid egg and feed the grub produced with a special food called "royal jelly" this causes the grub to grow into a new queen be that will take over the hive. During the summer the queen will also lay some unfertilised eggs which will when they hatch turn into male bees called drones. The purpose of the drones is to fly with and mate new queen bees that is what the beehive has made them for. They can not work or forage for food and die off quickly. They are also special in that they can enter any hive without the hive killing them (any other bee would be attacked if it went to another hive) as their purpose is to spread a hives genes between hives. When the mating season is over the hives will kill off all the drones. ======================================================================= Drones are biologically different from other bees in a colony and only the worker bees have the ability to collect pollen and nectar.
Why are there different types of bees?
Well, Theres killer bees. And honey bees. Honey bees collect food for there family/home members. Killer bees protect the hive and also try to gather food honey bees dont sting. there nice =))
How many male bees live in a hive?
Usually none, all the working bees are infertile females. Only when the hive is about to swarm a number of drones (male bees) are hatched. Around 1% of the bees in a colony during the season are male. Only during winter are there no males in the colony.
What happens to the male bee?
Male bees, also known as drones, do not have stingers and do not collect food for the hive. Their main purpose is to mate with the queen bee. After mating, the drones die.
Does the male or female honey bee eat first?
They are both fed as grubs by the nurse bees tending the brood. There is no concept of first or second.
What is the opposit gender is bee?
AnswerOpposite of Bee is 'Drone'----Male bees are called drones; female bees are the queen and the workers.
Do the bees work in a team?
Yes, bees work together as a team within a hive to maintain the colony, forage for food, and raise their young. Different bees have specific roles such as the queen, workers, and drones, all working together to ensure the colony's survival and success.
Is the honey bee a good parent?
Yes. Honey bees spend the first three weeks of their lives looking after eggs and younger bees. ***** In any honey bee hive or colony, it is the Queen that lays the eggs. The worker bees (all infertile females) have the task of rearing the young, which will either develop into worker bees (infertile females) or drones (male). In times when food is scarce, the drones may be driven out of the hive or colony. So, it is not really about good parenting, as to instinctive collective parenting!
How do bees reproduce their own kind?
Bees come in three types:-Drones (sexually mature male bees)Queens (sexually mature female bees) - (there is only one Queen in a nest)Workers (sexually immature female bees)A Queen, after hatching, goes on a mating flight and copulates with a Drone during this flight. She then stores the sperm from this flight for the rest of her life.The Queen then returns to the nest and starts laying eggs. To make Drones she lays unfertilised eggs. To make Workers she lays fertilised eggs.The workers feed and care for the eggs and larva and also gather food for the colony.If the nest is becoming crowded or the Queen dies, the workers feed one of the eggs with special rich food (called "royal jelly"), this causes it to develop into a new Queen.
What is a male bee called whose sole function is to mate with the queen?
A male bee whose sole function is to mate with the queen is called a drone. Drones do not gather food or participate in nest-building activities; their primary role is to mate with a virgin queen bee. Once they have fulfilled this purpose, they typically die shortly after mating.
