Bees by Marina Terry https://padlet.com/1407106/z2lrskag7pel Marina Terry en-us 2017-11-07 20:46:18 UTC 2024-12-14 01:41:35 UTC hello@padlet.com Most people know of the honeybee, bumblebee, and African bee, while there are over 20,00 different species of bees that developed from wasps. 1407106 https://padlet.com/1407106/z2lrskag7pel/wish/206472215 2017-11-13 20:15:06 UTC https://padlet.com/1407106/z2lrskag7pel/wish/206472215 Bees are classified as Hymenoptera, or "membrane wing." In the colonies there are worker bees, drones, and the Queen Bee. The worker bees are females that don't reproduce and they spend their entire life working in the colony. Drones are male bees that have a sole purpose of mating with the Queen. The Queen is the mother of the entire colony. 1407106 https://padlet.com/1407106/z2lrskag7pel/wish/206531152 2017-11-14 00:15:39 UTC https://padlet.com/1407106/z2lrskag7pel/wish/206531152 Bees range in size depending on who they are in the colony. Queens are the largest, then drones, and lastly worker bees. 1407106 https://padlet.com/1407106/z2lrskag7pel/wish/206532790 2017-11-14 00:27:30 UTC https://padlet.com/1407106/z2lrskag7pel/wish/206532790 All bees have three legs on each side and two wings on each side of the thorax. When in flight a bee's wings come together on each side and move in all directions. Every bee's body is divided into three sections: the thorax (chest), head, and abdomen. Also, bees have five eyes. Three make a triangle on the front of their head, and one eye is on each side. Inside an eye there are special cells that allow bees to see most colors. Bees have special hairs on their bodies that help grab pollen. 1407106 https://padlet.com/1407106/z2lrskag7pel/wish/206533573 2017-11-14 00:32:38 UTC https://padlet.com/1407106/z2lrskag7pel/wish/206533573 To continue, bees have three legs on each side of the thorax that are used for walking, brushing pollen off its body, and handling wax. Each leg has a special notched structure called the "Antennae Cleaner." On the outside of their legs, worker bees have a Pollen Basket that they use to carry pollen around. Finally, a bee uses its mouth and tongue to suck in honey, nectar, and water. They have jaws on each side of their head. They use their antennas for touching things and communicating. 1407106 https://padlet.com/1407106/z2lrskag7pel/wish/206534993 2017-11-14 00:41:22 UTC https://padlet.com/1407106/z2lrskag7pel/wish/206534993 1407106 https://padlet.com/1407106/z2lrskag7pel/wish/206539331 This video talks about what bees do to help their colony. It explains their overall importance.]]> 2017-11-14 01:07:34 UTC https://padlet.com/1407106/z2lrskag7pel/wish/206539331 Bees use their sting to defend themself. The sting secretes venom that can cause immense pain if stung. 1407106 https://padlet.com/1407106/z2lrskag7pel/wish/206543526 2017-11-14 01:30:46 UTC https://padlet.com/1407106/z2lrskag7pel/wish/206543526 When something is stung, the sting detaches from the bee. When in the object stung, the sting uses special muscles to pump venom into the object. If the sting is not taken out of a human it will continue to cause great pain and swelling, and sometimes death. 1407106 https://padlet.com/1407106/z2lrskag7pel/wish/206544052 2017-11-14 01:33:30 UTC https://padlet.com/1407106/z2lrskag7pel/wish/206544052 Different types of bees have different stings. A worker bee has a barbed sting that detaches when something is stung. The queen bee has a smooth sting. Although, a queen bee only uses it against other queens and it does not detach. Drones do not have stings. 1407106 https://padlet.com/1407106/z2lrskag7pel/wish/206544636 2017-11-14 01:37:01 UTC https://padlet.com/1407106/z2lrskag7pel/wish/206544636 The first stage is a queen bee lays her eggs. Bee eggs are pearly white and as big as the head of a pin. If a sperm is placed on an egg it becomes a worker bee, if not it becomes a drone. 1407106 https://padlet.com/1407106/z2lrskag7pel/wish/206942482 2017-11-14 19:57:04 UTC https://padlet.com/1407106/z2lrskag7pel/wish/206942482 1407106 https://padlet.com/1407106/z2lrskag7pel/wish/206949313 2017-11-14 20:11:17 UTC https://padlet.com/1407106/z2lrskag7pel/wish/206949313 After about three days a larva crawls of the egg. Worker bees then give it larval food, or "Royal Jelly." When the larva is three days old it starts being fed a mixture of honey and pollen, called Beebread. After five days of life the larva is placed in a cell. The opening is covered by a wax cap. Inside this cell is where a larva will transform further. 1407106 https://padlet.com/1407106/z2lrskag7pel/wish/206952370 2017-11-14 20:17:16 UTC https://padlet.com/1407106/z2lrskag7pel/wish/206952370 The first change will be into a pupa. After the pupa stage the bee will become an adult. An adult bee will then bite its way out of the cell. A worker bee comes out about twenty-one days after the egg is laid, a drone takes about twenty-four days. 1407106 https://padlet.com/1407106/z2lrskag7pel/wish/206985187 2017-11-14 21:48:34 UTC https://padlet.com/1407106/z2lrskag7pel/wish/206985187 In the book "Stung" people are getting vaccinated in attempt to prevent the bee flu from affecting them. But, the vaccine turns people into violent beasts. In real life bee hives are continuously being destroyed. In "Stung" people would do anything to get honey becuase it is the base for most products, like makeup. In the real world, if we run out of honey, or even worse bees, there would be a huge economic downfall. 1407106 https://padlet.com/1407106/z2lrskag7pel/wish/206995742 2017-11-14 22:36:26 UTC https://padlet.com/1407106/z2lrskag7pel/wish/206995742