Most insects are solitary, but not bees. Bees live in families in hives, while each bee separately from a biological point of view is a female that is not capable of reproduction. A single bee, the queen, is responsible for the renewal of the genus and the replenishment in the family. The queen bee is many times larger than other bees, and such a bee can lay up to 2000 eggs per day.
Instructions
Step 1
The maximum number of bees in one family can reach tens of thousands, and, of course, in order for all insects to be fed and protected, the hive must have some kind of organized management system. It is interesting that the vital activity of bees largely depends on their age.
Step 2
Young workers, who are no more than 3-4 days old, are engaged in maintaining order, cleaning the hives. As adults, they can feed the larvae, and only at the age of about 20 days the bee flies out to collect honey. Old bees are engaged in the extraction of water for their hive, without flying far from home.
Step 3
Today, scientists say that there are no leading insects in the bee family, it is impossible to objectively name either the queen or the drone more important than the worker bee. Each insect performs its own function, thanks to which the bee family receives food, water, protection, procreation.
Step 4
Bees communicate with each other through sounds, tactile contacts, smell, food and chemical contacts, as well as through the "dance of the bees". Scientists conducted various intellectual tests with insects and animals, if out of 100 points the wolf gets all 100, the dog 60, then the bee - about 50 points. This allows us to say that bees are, of course, extremely intelligent insects.
Step 5
The queen bee produces a special substance that has a smell. Each bee family has this smell, and a stranger will never be allowed into the hive. By determining which family a bee belongs to by smell, insects can ensure that all the nectar harvested by the worker bees will only go to their family, and will not be carried to neighboring hives. Bee colonies protect their independence zealously, preventing the invasion of strangers into the territory of the hive. If a bee is left alone, even if there is food, it dies - these insects do not survive without a family.
