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The Life Cycle of Honeybees

1. The Life Cycle of Honeybees. 2. by Student Name. The Honeybee (Apis mellifera). Recognizable by their pattern 4 Stinger used as defense Only found in females Can only be used once Barbed 5 Unique body structure 6 Segmented Exoskeleton Compound eyes 7

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The Life Cycle of Honeybees

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  1. 1 The Life Cycle of Honeybees 2 by Student Name

  2. The Honeybee (Apis mellifera) • Recognizable by their pattern4 • Stinger used as defense • Only found in females • Can only be used once • Barbed 5 • Unique body structure6 • Segmented • Exoskeleton • Compound eyes 7 • Facets- hundreds of small simple eyes 3

  3. The Castes Queen 2-8 years Workers 6 weeks Drones 8 weeks9 Up to 20,000 bees living in the hive in the summer months. Don’t hibernate in the winter Social Order 8

  4. Drone Bees • Males • Larger eyes 11 • 0-200 in the hive at any time • Sole purpose is to mate with queen12 • Die after mating • Kicked out around fall 10

  5. Development of a Bee • Egg • 3 days • Larvae • 4 days • Pupa • Few days • Adult • 16-24 days 13

  6. Worker Bees • Female (sterile) • Perform all necessary tasks • Different jobs depending on age • 2 days • 3-10 days • 15-20 days • 21-35 days 14

  7. The Queen Bee • Only fertile female • Royal jelly16 • Lays eggs17 • Pheromones18 • Virgin Queen 19 • Nuptial Flight 15

  8. How is Honey Made? • Collecting nectar • Enriching the nectar • The final product • Honey production 20

  9. Credits 1"Honeybee." 19 May 2007 <http://brownback.senate.gov/ Honeybee.htm>. 2Rechtfertig, Mary A. "Buddy Activities." 19 May 2007 <http://dixiesd.marin.k12.ca.us/dixieschool/classrooms/Rechtfertig/honeybee.jpg>. 3"Honey Bee Facts Page." Koday's Kids Amazing Insects. 1 Jan. 1998. 20 May 2007 <http://www.ivyhall.district96.k12.il.us/4TH/KKHP/1insects/honbeefax.html>. 4Huang, Zachary. "Honey Bee Anatomy." BeeBiology. 15 Feb. 2005. Michigan StateUniversity. 20 May 2007 <http://www.cyberbee.net/>.

  10. Credits (continued) 5Dave, Langston. "Information Sheet 2." The Honey Bee Body. University of Arizona. 20 May 2007 <http://cals.arizona.edu/pubs/insects/ahb/inf2.html>. 6www.cyberbee.net 7Mason, Jim. "Honeybee." Great Plains Nature Center. 20 May 2007 <http://www.gpnc.org/honeybee.htm>. 8Koning, Ross E. "Honeybee Biology". Plant Physiology Website. 1994. 20 May 2007 http://plantphys.info/ plants_human/bees/bees.html 20 May 2007. 9http://www.gpnc.org/honeybee.htm 10http://plantphys.info/plants_human/bees/bees.html

  11. Credits (continued) 11Kendall, David. "Kendall Bioresearch Services." 6 June 2005. 20 May 2007 <http://www.kendall-bioresearch.co.uk/HYMEN5.GIF>. 12http://www.gpnc.org/honeybee.htm 13http://plantphys.info/plants_human/bees/bees.html 14www.cyberbee.net 15"Honey." Answers.Com. 20 May 2007 <http://www.answers.com/topic/honey>. 16Gustofsson, P O. 20 May 2007 <http://www.vegetus.org/honey/queen2.jpg>.

  12. Credits (continued) 17http://plantphys.info/plants_human/bees/bees.html 18http://www.ivyhall.district96.k12.il.us/4TH/KKHP/1insects/honbeefax.html 19"Queen Bee." Wikipedia. 17 May 2007. 20 May 2007 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_bee#Development>. 20www.answers.com/topic/honey

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