Bees are flying insects that produce honey, pollination, and beeswax. There are over 20,000 types of bees. Bees communicate through pheromones and have a lifecycle similar to butterflies with eggs, larvae, pupae, and adult stages. The document discusses the types of bees including drones, queens, and workers and their roles. It also covers predators of bees, how honey is produced, and the diet of bees.

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4. What are bees?

5. What are bees?
 Bees are flying insects similar to wasps

6. What are bees?
 Bees are flying insects similar to wasps
 They are known because they produce
pollination, honey and beeswax

7. What are bees?
 Bees are flying insects similar to wasps
 They are known because they produce
pollination, honey and beeswax
 There are around 20.000 types of bees

9. History of the bees
 The first encounter of humans with the bees
was in prehistoric times, when humans
gathered honey
 The first beekeepers where the Egyptians,
and they had the same beehives as
nowadays

11. What is pollination?
 Pollination is the transfer of pollen grains
from the anther to the stigma of the pistil
 Wind and insects, such as bees and
butterflies, disperse the pollen

13. Types of honey bees
 Drones are male honey bees. They develop
from eggs that have not been fertilized, and
they cannot sting
 Queen: She is the main female but she only
puts the eggs an eats royal jelly
 Workers: They are females and they have to
do all the work of the beehive by themselves

15. Language of the bees
 Bees can comunicate between then by
pheromones
 Pheromones are messenger subtances
that circulate through the mouth and
the antennas of the bees to get all the
information

17. Metamorphosis
 Development of honey bees is similar to
the metamorphosis in butterflies. These
are the stages of development and the
duration of each stage:

18. Metamorphosis
 Development of honey bees is similar to
the metamorphosis in butterflies. These
are the stages of development and the
duration of each stage:
1. Egg (3 days)

19. Metamorphosis
 Development of honey bees is similar to
the metamorphosis in butterflies. These
are the stages of development and the
duration of each stage:
1. Egg (3 days)
2. Larva & prepupa (8 days)

20. Metamorphosis
 Development of honey bees is similar to
the metamorphosis in butterflies. These
are the stages of development and the
duration of each stage:
1. Egg (3 days)
2. Larva & prepupa (8 days)
3. Pupa (9 days)

21. Metamorphosis
 Development of honey bees is similar to
the metamorphosis in butterflies. These
are the stages of development and the
duration of each stage:
1. Egg (3 days)
2. Larva & prepupa (8 days)
3. Pupa (9 days)
4. Adult

23. Predators
 The main predator that attacks the bees
is the bee-eater because it’s able to
destroy a whole beehive

24. Predators
 The main predator that attacks the bees
is the bee-eater because it’s able to
destroy a whole beehive
 There are more predators like wasps,
mice, beetles and ants, but they are less
dangerous

26. Honey
 Honey is produced by bees with the
nectar of the flowers and with some
enzymes that they have in their mouth
 They stored the honey in the
honeycombs, where it matures

28. Bee’s diet
 Both workers and the queen feed on royal
jelly during the first three days of the larval
stage. Then the workers change to a diet of
pollen and nectar or diluted honey, while
those larvae selected for queen bees
continue eating royal jelly.

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CARMEN GARCÍA