How do bees develop

                                                          How do bees develop

Bees are social insects. They live in organised groups called colonies. In a hive there’s one queen bee. There are drones (male bees), and the most common the worker bee.

The queen lays eggs. The eggs are held in cells in a comb in the hive. A queen bee lays 3000  eggs each day for the reast of her life. Unlike the other bees the queen never leavs the nest.

The eggs hatch four days after the egg is laid. When it hatches it called a larvae. The larvae is fed with bee bread, which is a mixture of nector and pollen.

Nine days after it has hatched the larvae is covered in wax. When the larvae is covered with wax it  doesn’t eat. It then begins to transform into a pupa.

After 21 days the pupa opens up and becomes a worker bee. It has emerged and it’s ready to collect pollen so it can make honey.

This cycle is called metamorphosis.