AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Honey bees live in large family groups called colonies. A full-sized colony at the height of the growing season contains an average of 60, 000 individual bees. Honey bees tended by beekeepers live in wood boxes called hives (See Activity Sheet 5).

Detailed explanation-2: -A group of honey bees is known as a bee colony. A colony of honey bees consists of three types of bees: workers, drones, and queens. Honey bees are kept in a place which is known as a beehive or bee yard or apiary.

Detailed explanation-3: -Swarm is a collective noun for bees because it refers to a compact mass of bees. A swarm of bees is a group of more than one bee. A cloud of bees is a group of bees in the air. A hive of bees is a group of bees under control in a building.

Detailed explanation-4: -The queen’s only job is to lay eggs and a drone’s job is to mate with the queen. The worker bees are responsible for everything else: gathering nectar, guarding the hive and honey, caring for the queen and larvae, keeping the hive clean, and producing honey.

Detailed explanation-5: -Honeybees live in colonies (groups) called hives, containing one queen bee, thousands of female worker bees, and hundreds of male drone bees. A honeybee hive is like a busy city, ruled by the queen. She lays all the eggs and keeps the hive under control.