To Be a Honeybee
A brief exploration of honeybees notes they number about 30,000 species though not all produce honey. Honeybees pollinate plants and have made honey for thousands of years. Early settlers brought bees from England. Imagine you are a honeybee living in a colony of up to 50,000.
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Queen bee characteristics and roles outlined in riddle
The passage describes a queen bee as dependent on workers, born from the same egg yet fed special food, capable of laying up to 1,800 eggs daily, surviving winter with workers around her, potentially living up to three years, and using her stinger only to kill rival queens.
If You Were a Drone Bee
A drone bee would be male and mate with the queen from other colonies. The queen mates with several drones once to lay eggs for life. Drones are outnumbered by workers, lack a stinger, rely on workers for food, and live about four weeks in summer. In fall workers cut feeding and force the drones out.
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Sherrye D. Garrett
Texas A&m University
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