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The Secret Lives of Honey Bees Apis mellifera Anatomy, Biology, and the Hive

The Secret Lives of Honey Bees Apis mellifera Anatomy, Biology, and the Hive. Honey Bee External Anatomy. Three Body Regions Head, Thorax, and Abdomen. Head. Compound Eyes Three Ocelli Simple Eyes Antennae Respond to Touch & Odor Mandibles Proboscis

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The Secret Lives of Honey Bees Apis mellifera Anatomy, Biology, and the Hive

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  1. The Secret Lives of Honey BeesApismelliferaAnatomy, Biology, and the Hive

  2. Honey Bee External Anatomy • Three Body Regions • Head, Thorax, and Abdomen

  3. Head • Compound Eyes • Three Ocelli • Simple Eyes • Antennae • Respond to Touch & Odor • Mandibles • Proboscis • Lapping up Nectar & Other Fine Particles

  4. Compound Eye

  5. Mosaic Picture

  6. Also in UV http://www.naturfotograf.com/UV_flowers_list.html

  7. Thorax • Point of Attachment for • Six Legs • Two Pairs of Wings

  8. Pollen Baskets

  9. Abdomen • Spiracles for Breathing • Stinger/Ovipositor (Workers & Queen) • Male Bees (Drones) do not have a stinger

  10. Internal Anatomy

  11. Nasonov Gland • “Come Hither” Pheromone • Released by Worker Bees to Signal entrance of hive or mark flowers

  12. Nervous System

  13. Circulatory System

  14. Stinger

  15. Honey Bee Biology

  16. Complete Metamorphosis

  17. Workers, Drones, & Queen

  18. Worker Bees (Are all Female) •   Worker Bee Life Cycle • Hatching of egg: 3 Days • Larva stage (Feeding): 5 days • Pupa stage: 13 days • From Egg to Adult: 21 days

  19. Drones • Mate with virgin queen. Die after mating • ~ 17 Drones may mate with Queen during her mating flight. • Get “kicked out” of hive in winter.

  20. Queen • Mature female that received abundant amounts of royal jelly while as larva • Can live 2 – 4 years • Can lay up to 2,000 eggs per day during spring build up.

  21. Metamorphosis of Queen Bee • Egg hatches on Day 3 • Larva (several moltings)Day 3 to Day 8½ • Queen cell capped~ Day 7½ • Pupa~ Day 8 until emergence • Emergence~Day 15½ - Day 17 • Nuptial Flight(s)~Day 20 – 24 • Egg Laying~Day 23 and up

  22. Swarming Eventually, the worker bees decide that • the queen has become too old or damaged • Or that the hive is physically too small So… They decide to make a new queen(s)

  23. The Hive

  24. The Frames

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