“ When the flower blossoms, the bee will come. In the early days, bees were more like wasps, eating other insects rather than nectar & pollen. There are nine stages that a bee goes through to produce honey.
The very beginning of the honey process depends upon a queen. Each hive must have a queen. She keeps the hive functioning when the colony is getting too large; the queen will begin laying queen cells. The nurse bees will take care of this cell.
Next, comes the mating flight a queen cell that has hatched is called a virgin queen. A virgin queens job is to lay eggs and keep the hive thriving. Naturally, she must mate before laying eggs. But this is where bees are different than most other species. A worker bee lays mainly drone eggs. The drones are the male bees. However, the male bees’ only job is to mate with a virgin queen. A virgin queen only mates one time in her life, so drones wait for a once in a lifetime chance to find a virgin queen and pass on his DNA. Other than that, drones are one more mouth to feed that worker bees must take care of the drones …show more content…
Other bees will also help with the honey making process. Then some will graduate to nurse bees whose job is to care for eggs and larvae. When a bee becomes older, they will begin scavenging and collecting food. Most bees only live for two months or less. This process has to happen quickly. Finally, the queen bees job is to lay eggs which she does pretty well all day. The queen usually lays around 1500 bees a
The very beginning of the honey process depends upon a queen. Each hive must have a queen. She keeps the hive functioning when the colony is getting too large; the queen will begin laying queen cells. The nurse bees will take care of this cell.
Next, comes the mating flight a queen cell that has hatched is called a virgin queen. A virgin queens job is to lay eggs and keep the hive thriving. Naturally, she must mate before laying eggs. But this is where bees are different than most other species. A worker bee lays mainly drone eggs. The drones are the male bees. However, the male bees’ only job is to mate with a virgin queen. A virgin queen only mates one time in her life, so drones wait for a once in a lifetime chance to find a virgin queen and pass on his DNA. Other than that, drones are one more mouth to feed that worker bees must take care of the drones …show more content…
Other bees will also help with the honey making process. Then some will graduate to nurse bees whose job is to care for eggs and larvae. When a bee becomes older, they will begin scavenging and collecting food. Most bees only live for two months or less. This process has to happen quickly. Finally, the queen bees job is to lay eggs which she does pretty well all day. The queen usually lays around 1500 bees a