The Honey Bee by Samuel

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The Honey Bee by Samuel
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Three Tagmata

• Head
• Thorax
• Abdomen

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Head

• Antennae
• Eyes
• Neurons
• Proboscis
• Other mouth parts

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Thorax

• Exoskeleton of chitin
• Fur
• Legs with special
• structures
• Wings
• Abdomen

http//animals.howstuffworks.com/insects/bee1.htm
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Social Structure

• Worker Bees
• Drones
• Queen

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Worker Bees

• Non-reproductive Females
• 80,000 members of hive
• Scavenge for food
• Nurse new bees
• Repair Hive

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Worker Bee Dances
Round Dance
Waggle Dance
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Drones

• Reproductive males
• Fertilize queen
• Die shortly after mating
• Nurse Young
• Are killed or driven out hive
• during winter or low food

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The Queen

• Only reproductive female
• Product of Royal Jelly
• Mates once
• Secretes Queen Factor
• Leaves when hive is
• overcrowded.

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Range
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Endangerment?

• CCD

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CCD- Colony Collapse Disorder

• 2007 1915 decline
• Albert Einstein's remark
• Possible culprits
• 15 of American food
• 15 from animals that
• eat plants pollinated

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Credits

• Modern Biology Textbook
• http//animals.howstuffworks.com/insects/bee.htm
• http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_honey_bee