honey bee

• apiculture: the practice of keeping bees for honey production, pollination, or other purposes
• apicology: the study of the honey bee
• queen bee: the most dominant female in a hive, who is responsible for the hive's survival
• drone bee: the male bee that fertilize the queen
• worker bee: female worker bee that carries pollen and collects nectars
• histolysis: the destruction of the cell
• histogenesis: the process formation of a tissue
• Royal jelly: highly nutritious food prepared by worker bee
• Nuptial flight: the flight taken by queen bee and drone bee for mating
• spermathecae: sac of queen bee to store sperm
• life span of queen bee: 2-5 years