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HoneyBee and its life cycle

1. BY- Ankita sahay ( 12bszbc003) Nidhi singh ( 12bslscfs004) Honeybee social organization and life cycle

2. Honeybee BY- Ankita sahay (12bszbc003) Nidhi singh (12bslscfs004)

3. C lassification Phylum- Arthropoda Subphylum- Mandibulata Class- Insecta Subclass- Pterygota Division- Endopterygota Order- Hymnoptera Family- Apidae Genus- Apis

4. G eneral features of honeybee.. Honeybee is a social insect living in colonies of 50,000 or more individuals. Honeybees are mostly vegetables feeders preferably living on pollen and nectar of flowers. The honeybees live in highly organized colony wherein a perfect corporate life under strict discipline is exhibited. Excellent division of labour. With the common aim of keeping the good of the society in view, make the life very harmonious and extremely busy.

5. C onti ……. Honey bees live in hives. Three spices of Apis mainly found in India: - Apis dorsata(Rock bee) - Apis florea - Apis indica

6. Honeybee colony/hives

7. S ocial organisation of honeybees ….

8. Queen

9. DRONES

10. Smallest of the three caste. Produced from fertilized egg. They develop from egg to adult in 21 days. Life span- six weeks. All outdoors and indoors activity are perform by worker honeybee. Worker:-

11. Worker honeybees are provided by special structures for different work

12. Honey bee with full of pollen basket

13. Workers are grouped for specialized duties. Nursery bee attempt the queen and look after nursery. Builder bee produce wax for preparation of hives. Repairers bee repair the hives. Cleaner bee keeps clean the hives from dead body and other impurities. Fanners perform fanning. Guard bees protect the hives from any external attack.

14. Life cycle

15. L ife cycle The life cycle of a honey bee is perennial. Queen takes a Nuptial flight and followed by drones. Queen receives spermatophore and stores them into spermatheca. Fertilization takes place. Queen lays egg in brood cell. Honey bee queens are able to lay unfertilized eggs. After some time egg hatches and larvae emerges out. Larvae emerges from both fertilized and unfertilized eggs. Worker honeybee feed hatched larvae.

16. Eggs in brood cells

17. The larvae emerges from the fertilized eggs are fed on the royal jelly only for five days. Larvae reaches full growth. Brood cell is sealed by the worker bee. Larvae converted into pupa and then adult bee comes out of the sealed brood cell. All the bees goes through a complete metamorphosis division.

18. Adult honeybee…..

19. Some important terms…

20. Fact about honeybees