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Beehives (QUEEN BEE (Main job is to mate, Lays an egg every 20 seconds,…
Beehives
QUEEN BEE
Main job is to mate
Lays an egg every 20 seconds
One Queen per hive
Is fed Royal Jelly so she grows large
Smaller brain than workers
Only flies out of the hive once
Collects 5M sperm, sperm can survive for 5 years
DRONES
Male Bee
Huge Eyes
Their only role is to mate
They don't have a sting
An unfertilised egg becomes a Drone
After mating Drones die
COMMUNICATION AND COOPERATION
Sting releases an alarm to warn of threat
WIIGGLE WAGLE DANCE
Duration indicates how far away nectar is
Angle shows direction in relation to sun
The more nectar the more intense the dance is
Dance more intense if nectar rich
Queen releases separate signal from other bees
Encourages workers to do jobs
Whole hive run on pheromones
Tremble Dance says to process faster
Workers release "releaser" pheromone tp respond to events
Queen's releaser - attracts workers, keeps swarm together and attracts drones.
WORKERS
Cannot fertilise eggs
First job is to clean cells
21 days for a worker bee egg to develop into a larvae and then fully formed adult
Do the wiggle waggle dance
Main job is foraging and don not return to the hive without pollen
Autumn born workers survive winter
