There are about 20,000 different species of bees in the world. Bees live in colonies that contain the queen bee, the worker bee and the drone. The worker bee and the queen bee are both female, but only the queen bee can reproduce. All drones are male.Worker bees clean the hive, collecting pollen and nectar to feed the colony and they take care of the offspring. Worker bees cooperate to find food and use a pattern of "dancing" (known as the bee dance or waggle dance) to communicate information regarding resources with each other; this dance varies from species to species,In cold climates, honey bees stop flying when the temperature drops below about 10 °C (50 °F) and crowd into the central area of the hive .
Honey bees measure about 15 mm long and are light brown in color. Honey bees are usually oval-shaped creatures with golden-yellow colors and brown bands.the body of the honey bee is segmented: stinger, legs, antenna, three segments of thorax and six visible segments of abdomen.Each honey bee colony has a unique odour for members' identification.
Honey is the only food that includes all the substances necessary to sustain life, including enzymes, vitamins, minerals, and water; and it's the only food that contains "pinocembrin", an antioxidant associated with improved brain functioning.
A honey bee visits 50 to 100 flowers during a collection trip for making honey .During winter, honey bees feed on the honey they collected during the warmer months. They form a tight cluster in their hive to keep the queen and themselves warm.
Unique among all God's creatures, only the honeybee improves the environment .
If the bee disappears from the surface of the earth, man would have no more than four years to live?"
~ Albert Einstein