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Table of Contents

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The Life Cycle of a HONEYBEE

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The Life Cycle of a

HONEYBEE

By Barbara M. Linde

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Linde, Barbara M. The life cycle of a honeybee / Barbara M. Linde. p. cm. ( Natures life cycles) Includes index. ISBN 978-1-4339-4676-9 ( pbk. ) ISBN 978-1-4339-4677-6 ( 6-pack) ISBN 978-1-4339-4675-2 ( library binding) Honeybee Life cycles Juvenile literature. I. Title. SF523. L56 2011 12--dc22 2010029688

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Contents

What Is a Honeybee?

Honeybee Homes

Kinds of Honeybees

Egg to Larva

Larva to Pupa

Queens and Drones

The Workers

Flower Power

Honeybees in Danger

The Life Cycle of a Honeybee

Glossary

For More Information

Index

Words in the glossary appear in bold type the rst time they are used in the text

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What Is a Honeybee?

A honeybee is an insect. Two antennae on its head help the bee smell. It has ve eyes. Two large eyes see shapes and colors. Three small eyes can tell light from dark.

The middle part of a honeybees body is called the thorax. Three pairs of legs and two pairs of wings are connected to the thorax. A honeybees wings make the bees buzzing sound.

A stinger is attached to each female bees stomach, or abdomen. Males dont have stingers.

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A honeybee leaves its stinger behind when it stings. Then it dies.

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Honeybee Homes

Honeybees live almost all over the world. They live in groups called colonies. Most honeybees live in the wild. They like to make their home in a dark, dry place above the ground. They may set up a colony in a hollow log, a cave, or a crack in a rock. Their home is called a hive.

People called beekeepers raise honeybees in special wooden boxes. Drawers make it easy to collect honey from the bees.

AWESOME ANIMAL!

Honeybees can fly miles (24 km) an hour! Thats about as fast as a person can ride a bike.

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A colony may have as many as 70,000 bees!

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Kinds of Honeybees

Each hive has three kinds of honeybees. Each kind has certain jobs. Most of the honeybees are female worker bees. There can be tens of thousands in a colony. Male honeybees are called drones. There may be to drones. Theres usually only one queen in a hive.

Each honeybees life cycle has four stages: egg, larva, pupa, and adult. The honeybee changes from one stage to the next. This process of changing is called metamorphosis.

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The queen bee is in the middle with workers around her.

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Egg to Larva

Inside the hive, some worker bees create a honeycomb using beeswax made in their bodies. The honeycomb is made up of small six-sided rooms called cells. Some cells hold eggs.

The queen bee mates with a drone. Then she lays eggs in the cells. After about days, a larva comes out of each egg. It looks like a tiny worm. Worker bees feed a larva for to days. Then they close the cell with wax. Inside the cell, the larva spins a cocoon.

AWESOME ANIMAL! A honeybee egg is about the size of the head of a pin!

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As the larva grows larger, it loses its skin.

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Larva to Pupa

Inside the cocoon, the larva becomes a pupa. Honeybees stay in this stage for to days.

The pupa begins to look like an adult bee, but its white. Body parts, including the wings, grow to full size. Finally, the pupa chews through the wax in the cell. An adult bee crawls out. The metamorphosis is complete!

Even before the bee comes out of the cell, it knows if its a worker, drone, or queen.

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The eyes of the pupa change color before any other body part.

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Queens and Drones

The queen bee gives off a special smell that tells other honeybees in the hive how to do their jobs. When the queen bee is about week old, she begins to mate with drones. She usually mates with drones from other hives. The queen lives to years.

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