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Bees |
Size:
varies on type
Location:
species found world wide
Life span:
- queen lifespan
up to 6 years
- workers
between 28 and 35 days
- drones between
14 to 19 days
Life
cycle: egg, larva, pupa, adult. The
process takes 3 weeks
Fast
facts:
- eat nectar which they turn
into honey
- they can fly up to 20kph
- they have compound eyes
capable to see ultraviolet light
- they build nests from resin
and wax
- hives can range from a few
hundred bees to over 100,000
- they can be essential in the
pollination of certain plants
- carpenter bees are able to
cut into solid wood structures
- each hive has a queen, drones
and worker bees
- the queen is the largest bee
in the hive
- a queen can lay between 2000
and 3000 eggs a day
Australian bee
photo from English Wikipedia
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