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The Honey Bee
There are 3 types, or castes, of honey bees.
Queen Drone
Worker
Photo Credit USGS
A honey bee has 3 main body regions —
head, thorax, and abdomen.
Head
thorax
Abdomen
Thorax
Photo Credit USGS
The worker bee’s head contains 2
compound eyes, 2 antennae, a pair of
mandibles, and the proboscis.
Photo credit USGS
The two compound eyes are made up of
thousands of tiny lenses that allow the bee to
see ultraviolet light, which is invisible to the
human eye.
Photo Credit USGS
The simple eyes each have a thick lens that
can sense changes in brightness. A honey bee
has three simple eyes on top of its head, but
only one can be seen here.
Photo Credit USGS
The honey bee’s antennae are movable
feelers that detect smells and movement.
Photo credit USGS
The proboscis is a straw-like tongue used to
suck nectar or honey.
Photo Credit Dalantech
Mandibles are a pair of jaw-like structures used to
knead wax, chew honey and pollen, and bite tiny
invaders when defending the hive.
Photo credit USGS
The thorax is the honey bee’s middle region
containing the flight muscles, 4 wings, and 6 legs.
Photo credit USGS
A honey bee has 2 hind wings and 2
forewings. Its wings beat 250 times a second
allowing the bee to fly at speeds of up to 15
miles per hour.
Photo Credit USGS
Forewing
Hind Wing
A honey bee has 3 pairs of segmented legs used for
walking, dusting their antennae, brushing pollen off
body hairs, and storing pollen.
Photo Credit USGS
The hind legs of a worker bee contain a
pollen basket–a collection of hairs where
pollen is stored for transport.
The abdomen is the honey bee’s rear region
that contains organs for digestion,
reproduction, and respiration as well as the
worker and queen bees’ stingers and the
worker’s wax glands.
Photo Credit USGS
The stinger is only found in female honey
bees. A worker bee’s barbed stinger is used
for defense. A queen bee’s smooth stinger is
used for eliminating rival queens.
Photo Credit Max Westby
The honey sac is an internal, stomach-like
organ where nectar is stored.
Photo Credit USGS
Wax glands are located on the underside
of the worker bee’s abdomen. The glands
form and excrete wax.
A honey bee has 4 distinct life stages — egg, larva, pupa, and adult.
The queen lays each egg into a different cell of the honeycomb.
After 3 days, the egg hatches, and a worm-like creature, called a larva,
crawls out. Worker bees feed the larva royal jelly. As it grows, the larva
sheds its skin 4-5 times. On day 9, the larva spins itself into a cocoon,
and a worker bee seals the cocoon into the cell with wax.
Inside the cocoon, the larva transforms into a pupa, developing
eyes, legs, and wings.
When the bee is fully grown, it chews its way out of the cell and
emerges as an adult.
Photo Credit Max Westby

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Honey bee PPT BY RAJEEV

  • 2. There are 3 types, or castes, of honey bees. Queen Drone Worker Photo Credit USGS
  • 3. A honey bee has 3 main body regions — head, thorax, and abdomen. Head thorax Abdomen Thorax Photo Credit USGS
  • 4. The worker bee’s head contains 2 compound eyes, 2 antennae, a pair of mandibles, and the proboscis. Photo credit USGS
  • 5. The two compound eyes are made up of thousands of tiny lenses that allow the bee to see ultraviolet light, which is invisible to the human eye. Photo Credit USGS
  • 6. The simple eyes each have a thick lens that can sense changes in brightness. A honey bee has three simple eyes on top of its head, but only one can be seen here. Photo Credit USGS
  • 7. The honey bee’s antennae are movable feelers that detect smells and movement. Photo credit USGS
  • 8. The proboscis is a straw-like tongue used to suck nectar or honey. Photo Credit Dalantech
  • 9. Mandibles are a pair of jaw-like structures used to knead wax, chew honey and pollen, and bite tiny invaders when defending the hive. Photo credit USGS
  • 10. The thorax is the honey bee’s middle region containing the flight muscles, 4 wings, and 6 legs. Photo credit USGS
  • 11. A honey bee has 2 hind wings and 2 forewings. Its wings beat 250 times a second allowing the bee to fly at speeds of up to 15 miles per hour. Photo Credit USGS Forewing Hind Wing
  • 12. A honey bee has 3 pairs of segmented legs used for walking, dusting their antennae, brushing pollen off body hairs, and storing pollen. Photo Credit USGS
  • 13. The hind legs of a worker bee contain a pollen basket–a collection of hairs where pollen is stored for transport.
  • 14. The abdomen is the honey bee’s rear region that contains organs for digestion, reproduction, and respiration as well as the worker and queen bees’ stingers and the worker’s wax glands. Photo Credit USGS
  • 15. The stinger is only found in female honey bees. A worker bee’s barbed stinger is used for defense. A queen bee’s smooth stinger is used for eliminating rival queens. Photo Credit Max Westby
  • 16. The honey sac is an internal, stomach-like organ where nectar is stored. Photo Credit USGS
  • 17. Wax glands are located on the underside of the worker bee’s abdomen. The glands form and excrete wax.
  • 18. A honey bee has 4 distinct life stages — egg, larva, pupa, and adult. The queen lays each egg into a different cell of the honeycomb.
  • 19. After 3 days, the egg hatches, and a worm-like creature, called a larva, crawls out. Worker bees feed the larva royal jelly. As it grows, the larva sheds its skin 4-5 times. On day 9, the larva spins itself into a cocoon, and a worker bee seals the cocoon into the cell with wax.
  • 20. Inside the cocoon, the larva transforms into a pupa, developing eyes, legs, and wings.
  • 21. When the bee is fully grown, it chews its way out of the cell and emerges as an adult. Photo Credit Max Westby