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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?
Social bees are mainly honey bees and live in a colony of several thousand. Solitary bees, as their name implies, mostly live on their own but sometimes in small colonies of up to one hundred.
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.
When did the bee get married?
Bees do not get married in the traditional human sense. Bees are social insects that form colonies and have a complex social structure centered around a queen bee, worker bees, and drones for reproductive purposes.
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.
Responses of insects such as the social behavior of bees are controlled by what?
Pheremones.
Social insect that lives in colonies?
ants, bees, wasps
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.
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!
Does Honey Bees live alone?
No, honey bees are social insects that live in colonies. Each colony consists of a queen bee, worker bees, and male drones, all working together to maintain and protect the hive. Honey bees rely on their highly organized social structure to ensure the survival and success of the colony.
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.
