AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Social bees In social colonies, many bees live in the same nest and each female plays a distinct role. Workers gather pollen and nectar for the colony, defend the colony against intruders, and cannot reproduce. The queen produces offspring, but doesn’t forage or leave the colony.

Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -The combined behaviours of individuals within insect societies determine the survival and development of the colony. For the western honey bee (Apis mellifera), individual behaviours include nest building, foraging, storing and ripening food, nursing the brood, temperature regulation, hygiene and defence.

Detailed explanation-4: -Social life in bees and termites. Honey bees have developed one of the most highly organised societies. They live in colonies. The colonies of the honeybees are perennial and a good colony of honeybee may consist of 50000 to 80000 individuals.