Types of Bees in a
Colony
Bees are the little farmers that help farmers with
their crops. Almost all bees have something to do with
propagating some species of plants which in turn help us
increase our food sources. There is a hierarchy on the colony
that classifies what types of bees are there and what they do.
Queen Bee
The queen bee is usually the only female bee in the colony that
is capable of reproduction. Although the queen bee has a limited
life span of only one to three years, these types of bees are
the most important to the colony. Their importance is measured
in relation to their effort of laying eggs to supply the colony
with more workers bees and more drones. This ensures that the
colony will be bigger and stronger and there are more food
gatherers as well as those who take care of the larvae.
The queen bee is considerably larger than all other types of
bees in the colony. She lacks the basic food gathering tools
that are present with the worker bees. She also has stinger that
she can use several times without any danger of dying unlike the
other types of bees that die immediately after stinging.
Drones
These types of bees are the most disposable of all the types of
bees in the colony. Their only purpose in their short life is to
mate with the queen, after which they die. Drones are the types
of bees that have no stingers and cannot fend for themselves.
Worker bees feed them until the time that they are needed by the
queen bee. The effect of mating with the drones can last for the
entire lifetime of the queen since the sperm that they give
remain viable in her abdomen even after such a long time.
Worker Bees
These types of bees are the most prevalent in any colony.
Workers bees are the epitome of workers that work almost
endlessly. These types of bees bear the brunt of maintaining the
health and well being of all other bees in the colony. They
gather the food, ventilate the hive, construct cells, take care
of the larvae and the queen, protect the hive and many other
endless tasks.
These types of bees have an average life span of six to seven
weeks. They are extremely busy and initially start the first
three weeks of their lives in the hive fixing cells and feeding
the larvae.
These three types of bees are the more common in any colony.
Some different kinds of bees may have other types of bees
outside of the three mentioned above.
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