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Honey Bee Apis mellifera Anatomy & Biology

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Honey BeeApis mellifera

Anatomy & Biology

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Honey Bee External Anatomy

• Three Body Regions– Head, Thorax, and Abdomen

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Head

• Compound Eyes• Three Ocelli

– Simple Eyes• Antennae

– Respond to Touch & Odor

• Mandibles• Proboscis

– Lapping up Nectar & Other Fine Particles

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Compound Eye

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Mosaic Picture

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Also in UV

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Thorax• Point of Attachment for

– Six Legs– Two Pairs of Wings

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Pollen Baskets

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Abdomen• Spiracles for Breathing• Stinger/Ovipositor (Workers & Queen)• Male Bees (Drones) do not have a stinger

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Internal Anatomy

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Nasonov Gland

• “Come Hither” Pheromone

• Released by Worker Bees to Signal entrance of hive or mark flowers

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Nervous System

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Circulatory System

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Stinger

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Honey Bee Biology

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Complete Metamorphosis

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Workers, Drones, & Queen

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Worker Bees (Are all Female)

•   Worker Bee Life Cycle– Hatching of egg: 3 Days– Larva stage (Feeding): 5 days– Pupa stage: 13 days– From Egg to Adult: 21 days

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Drones

• Mate with virgin queen. Die after mating• ~ 17 Drones may mate with Queen during her

mating flight.• Get “kicked out” of hive in winter.

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Queen

• Mature female that received abundant amounts of royal jelly while as larva

• Can live 2 – 4 years• Can lay up to 2,000 eggs per day during

spring build up.

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Metamorphosis of Queen Bee

– Egg hatches on Day 3– Larva (several moltings)Day 3 to Day 8½– Queen cell capped~ Day 7½– Pupa~ Day 8 until emergence– Emergence~Day 15½ - Day 17– Nuptial Flight(s)~Day 20 – 24– Egg Laying~Day 23 and up

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Swarming

Eventually, the worker bees decide that• the queen has become too old or

damaged• Or that the hive is physically too small

So… They decide to make a new queen(s)