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__Food Chain__

__Reproduction__ The Queen stings any other Queens to the death before she can mate with one of the drones or mate with several drones. Then the Queen collects the male sex cells and then she goes back to the hive and lays eggs.

__Life Cycle__ The egg is laid by the Queen and then the bee has 6 stages before it hatches and turns into a worker. It takes about 3 weeks. Then it becomes a slave for the Queen and it starts to collect food for the rest of the bees in the hive.


 * 1) Egg is laid
 * 2) Larva is fed by a worker
 * 3) Full grown bee larva
 * 4) Larva is sealed in the cell
 * 5) Larva becomes a pupa
 * 6) Young adults leave the cell



__Fascinating facts__
 * It collects pollen from 1500 flowers a day.
 * A full bee hive is always found in a strong healthy colony.
 * A hive may have between 50 000 and 60 000 bees in it.
 * A worker bee collects enough nectar in its lifetime to make about 1/12 of a teaspoon (45grams) of honey.
 * When a bee is born it lives for approxmately for 45 days.

By Lauren Richardson 4G 2012