Life Cycle of a Bee

• Worker bees have a lifespan of approximately 4-5 weeks during summer months but can live up to several years in winter when they do not leave the hive.
• Queen bees are responsible for laying eggs to produce new worker bees and drones.
• The queen bee is the largest bee, with an average length of about 16 mm.
• Queen bees are responsible for laying eggs, with one queen capable of producing over 1000 eggs per day at peak production.
• Drones are male bees that mate with queen bees, but their sole purpose is reproduction as they die shortly after mating.
• The life cycle of a honeybee begins as an egg that hatches into a larva within three days.
• Larvae feed on royal jelly secreted by worker bees until they pupate and transform into adult bees.
• Drones are male bees that mate with virgin queens from other colonies.
• Drones are larger than workers and have no stingers or pollen baskets.
• Drone bees are larger than worker bees, measuring around 17mm long on average.
• Drones are produced by fertilized queen bees through sexual reproduction.
• Drones have no stingers or pollen baskets, making them unable to collect food or defend the colony.
• Larvae feed on royal jelly secreted by nurse bees until they pupate and transform into adult bees.
• Bees undergo metamorphosis from egg to larva to pupa to adult.
• Worker bees perform various tasks such as cleaning cells, feeding young, collecting nectar, pollinating flowers, and defending the hive from predators.
• Their sole purpose is to mate with virgin queen bees from other colonies during mating flights.