The domestic honeybee, Apis mellifera, is a colonial insect living in hives containing one queen — a fertile female, a few drones (males), and thousands of workers (infertile females). The workers are...The domestic honeybee, Apis mellifera, is a colonial insect living in hives containing one queen — a fertile female, a few drones (males), and thousands of workers (infertile females). The workers are responsible for keeping the hive clean, building the wax combs of the hive, tending the young and, when they get older (and when their for gene gets turned on), and foraging for food - nectar and pollen.
The domestic honeybee, Apis mellifera, is a colonial insect living in hives containing one queen — a fertile female, a few drones (males), and thousands of workers (infertile females). The workers are...The domestic honeybee, Apis mellifera, is a colonial insect living in hives containing one queen — a fertile female, a few drones (males), and thousands of workers (infertile females). The workers are responsible for keeping the hive clean, building the wax combs of the hive, tending the young and, when they get older (and when their for gene gets turned on), and foraging for food - nectar and pollen.
