https://padlet.com/1302229/h97yvvdny7uf Tricia Carmer en-us 2017-11-07 19:10:52 UTC 2025-04-29 09:59:29 UTC hello@padlet.com 1302229 https://padlet.com/1302229/h97yvvdny7uf/wish/207305138 All bees are from the Apoidea Family, the different groups of bees are Andrenidae, Colletidae, Stenotritidaidae, Dasypodaidae, Halictidae, Melittidae,  Apidae, and Megachilidae. Bees that are part of the Andrenidae are solitary, small ground nesting bees seen in sandy soil. They are sometimes called mining bees and some species in this group cannot sting. Andrenidae bees are brown and black. The next family of bees is Collectidae, are plaster and polyester bees. They have heart shaped faces, are slender, and are hairy. Collectidae are found worldwide but are mainly from Australia and South America. These bees nest in the ground and in hollow plant stems. Stenotritidaidae bees are large, hairy bees. They are only found in Australia,  they have nests throughout the continent. This is the smallest family of bees with only 21 species, little is known about these bees. Dasypodaidae bees in this family are mainly found in African deserts and shrublands. They seem to represent a transition to the more modern bee. Halictidae bees are small to midsize and  dark colored but sometimes green or red, often males have yellow marks on their faces. This is a big family of Apoidea, but only some species pollinate very well. These bees are found worldwide. Melittidae is a small family of bees that lives in northern temperate Africa. these bees are pollinators but there are  very few flowers that they pollinate. This family of bees is related to the  Dasypodaidae family of bees. Apidae is a large family of bees with over 5,000 species. Such as, the Bumble bee, Carpenter bee, Cuckoo bee, Honey bee, and Stingless bee. Most of this family makes honey and wax. Megachilidae include Mason bees and leaf cutter bees. These bees are both efficient and important pollinators. These bees are solitary. ]]> 2017-11-15 16:56:41 UTC https://padlet.com/1302229/h97yvvdny7uf/wish/207305138 1302229 https://padlet.com/1302229/h97yvvdny7uf/wish/207459239 The bee is made up of three main parts the head, thorax, and abdomen. The head has many parts. The antennae are used to feel, smell, taste, and hear. Each antenna has thousands of sensory organs. The eyes are two compound eyes that make up a large part of the head surface. Drones have better eyesight than workers because they need better visual during mating. The mouth parts can chew and suck unlike other insects because they have both mandibles and a proboscis. The last part of the head is the internal organs such as, the brain and the subesophageal ganglion, the main part of the nervous system. The head is the center of information gathering and it is here that visual, gustatory, and olfactory inputs are received and processed.
The thorax is made up of many parts also. The thorax has three segments which each have a pair of spiracles for letting in air. The legs (which are part of the thorax) are able to adapt to many different functions and activities. There are claws on the last tarsomeres or very end of their leg. A bees front leg has a special structure for cleaning antennae when pollen grains get stuck in them. Pollen baskets are found on the tibia of a bees hind leg, these baskets help collect more pollen and propolis. Pollen baskets are also called corbicula. The bees wings are powered by the longitudinal and vertical muscles. Front wings are larger than hind wings. The abdomen contains the digestion and reproduction systems. The sting is also found in the abdomen. The digestive tract ensures that nectar is never contaminated. The digestive tract contains a ventriculus (stomach), malpighian tubules (kidney), and proventriculus which removes pollen grains without letting them into the crop. The reproductive system has an 
ovary and a spermatheca. The ovary has individual ovarioles.
The spermatheca is covered with a rich network of trachea. Wax scales
form on the abdomen and come from 6-12 days old workers. Wax scales can usually be seen by naked eye.



]]> 2017-11-15 22:00:13 UTC https://padlet.com/1302229/h97yvvdny7uf/wish/207459239 1302229 https://padlet.com/1302229/h97yvvdny7uf/wish/207502165 The stages of a bees life in order are egg, larvae, pupa, and adult. the first stage is the egg.Three days after the queen lays an egg it hatches into a larvae. The larvae  consume 1,300 meals a day. Healthy larvae are snowy white. Larvae grow quickly shedding five times and within just five days, they are 1,570 times larger than their original size. Worker bees seal the larvae in the cell beeswax and once sealed in the larvae will spin a cocoon around themselves beginning their pupa stage. The pupa stage begins when bees start to develop their bee features. The pupa stays in the cocoon for 12 days while developing. Once the pupa is fully developed into an adult it chews itself out of its cell. As an adult the bee does what its instincts tell it to if it is a drone, worker, or queen.

]]> 2017-11-16 02:22:52 UTC https://padlet.com/1302229/h97yvvdny7uf/wish/207502165 1302229 https://padlet.com/1302229/h97yvvdny7uf/wish/207502193 The bees sting is the bees defense.  The sting is located in the abdomen and is the stinger, venom gland, and muscles controlling the gland. Once the bee stings the venom is pumped into the victim and the bee tries to get away. Several species of bees have barbed stingers so that when they fly away the sting stays in but it is mainly for mammals. The venom is delivered by the sharp lancets that are connected to the poison sack, the sharp lancets and poison sack are the combination that makes up the sting. The stinger is a modified ovipositor (egg depositor) which is why some male bees cannot sting.


]]> 2017-11-16 02:23:06 UTC https://padlet.com/1302229/h97yvvdny7uf/wish/207502193 1302229 https://padlet.com/1302229/h97yvvdny7uf/wish/207502201 2017-11-16 02:23:13 UTC https://padlet.com/1302229/h97yvvdny7uf/wish/207502201 1302229 https://padlet.com/1302229/h97yvvdny7uf/wish/207639978 This relates to Stung because in the book people had to cover their skin so that they did not get stung by lethal bees. Also, in the book there are no more bees so pollination has stopped causing the plants and animals to die. All the different types of bees were killed so knowing the anatomy of the bee helps us to know how to stop bees from dying.]]> 2017-11-16 13:28:48 UTC https://padlet.com/1302229/h97yvvdny7uf/wish/207639978 1302229 https://padlet.com/1302229/h97yvvdny7uf/wish/207666202 2017-11-16 14:15:20 UTC https://padlet.com/1302229/h97yvvdny7uf/wish/207666202 1302229 https://padlet.com/1302229/h97yvvdny7uf/wish/207946347 2017-11-17 00:28:42 UTC https://padlet.com/1302229/h97yvvdny7uf/wish/207946347