Honey Bees

What are the differenet types of honey bees?

• Queen, worker and drone

• Queen, male and female

• Queen and worker

The queen bee can lay up to ____ eggs a day.

How does the Queen bee contribute to the life cycle?

• The queen does nothing and just bosses all the other bees around.

• The queen feeds the babies.

• The queen lays eggs and pollinates flowers.

• The queen bee is fertilised by drone bees and produces eggs throughout her life.

Of the 20,000 species of bees that exist how many are capable of producing honey?

• 10 species

• 5 species

• 20 species

• 15 species

Order the stages of a bees life cycle using the image above to remind you.

How do honey bees sustain their life cycle?