Im por tance of Honeybees
By Karliegh P. and Kyle S.
During the spring and summer seasons,
you see beautiful flowers blooming in a vast
orchard or field. What do you think upon
seeing that sight? "How do all of those
incredible plants get there? How do so many
of them get pollinated? And why is there a
little creature flitting from flower to flower?"
That would be the bee.
Bees are divided into three castes, or
groups. There are the worker bees, drones,
and a queen.?Each bee has its specific duty.?
The worker bees, the females, are the most
common bee you'll find doing the pollinating
since drones?only job is to mate with a queen.
The queen cannot fly except when the colony
is swarming or, in other words, making two
hives from one.?The queen is essential for the
survival of the hive because she is the only
bee that is capable of laying eggs -
laying nearly 2,000 eggs a day!?The
honey, pollination, nursing the young,
and cooling the hive, however, would
not be done without the workers.?
Workers have the shortest lifespan of
only 3 to 5 weeks; on the other hand,
the queen has 2 to 3 years!?Drones are
kicked out of the hive when their
services are no longer required.
the delicious, bear-approved honey, but they
also pollinate over 80% of all the food we eat.
Not only that, but bees are the reason for all of
those beautiful flowers you see throughout
the year.?When they visit each flower, they
don?t only help the flower, they help
themselves and humans as well.
On average, a honeybee hive can
produce 80-100 pounds of honey per year.?
They produce so much honey that they have
enough for their winter meals and some left
for humans.?Humans and other creatures get
to eat the fruits and vegetables that the bees
pollinated.
Not only do these fascinating little
helpers make and pollinate delicious food and
treats, but their wax, honey, and even sting
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Small in size, but mighty in
benefits, not only do honeybees make
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