What do bees do?

• The queen bee is pampered! She has servants that feed her and groom her, all she has to do is lay eggs. After fertilisation, she NEVER leaves the hive again until she dies.

• Workers are born as larvae and are fed by juvenile workers until they pupate.

• • Once they become adult bees, they start off doing jobs that are confined to the hive.
  • Then they take a turn at being guards for the hive.
  • Finally, in the last 2-3 weeks of their life, they are allowed to go out of the hive to collect pollen, propalis and water for the colony

• Drones hang around all day in a drone congregation place, waiting for a queen to come along for fertilisation