Honey Bee

From Wiki 5A

Honey bees are what pollinate our fruit and nut trees. Without the honey bees there wouldn't be as much fruits and nuts produced therefore the prices of the fruit and nuts would soar. To live bees collect nectar or pollen. The pollen sticks to the bee's legs. Then they put it in to bee cells. Then they eat the nectar. Then they throw it up into the cell. Which then becomes our honey we eat. But only the female bees, also called the worker, can do this. The male bee, also called the drone, is for mating with the queen to reproduce. The female bee can sting you only once because once she stings you she loses her stinger and dies but the queen bee keeps her stinger so she doesn't die. The male bee does not have a stinger. The life span of a worker is from about 45 days. It depends on the season though because in the summer they work hard to collect pollen and nectar they die from over work. The queen bee lives around 3 years but now they are dying faster because beekeepers have to treat the bees( to kill the mite, something that kills the bee). It affects the queen bee a little so therefore they do not live as long. The male bee may live up to 7 months old but come winter they get shoved out of the hive to save on food. Bees are dying more because of diseases. The beekeeper takes care of the honey bees and the beekeeper's job title is beekeeping