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What are the 3 different kinds of bees in a hive.
Queen bee, Drone , and Worker Bee.
Which bee is the biggest?
Queen bee
How many queen bees are there in a hive?
Only 1
What is the job of a queen bee?
To lay eggs
How many eggs does a queen lay in the spring?
About 2,000 eggs.
Which is the smallest bee in a hive?
a. drone bee b. queen bee c. worker bee
How many worker bees live in a hive?
About 50,000 to 60,000 worker bees lie in a hive.
Are worker bees Female or Male?
Worker bees are all Female.
What is the job of worker bees?
To protect the queen, collect food, make honey and clean the hive.
Are drone bees male or female?
Drone bees are all male.
What is the job of drone bees?
To mate with the queen bee.
What happens to drone bees when there isn't enough food in the hive?
Some of them are kicked out.
What shape is a honeycomb cell?
It's a hexagon.
How many sides does a honeycomb cell(hexagon) have?
It has six sides.
What do bees do in hexagonal cells?
They lay eggs and store honey in them.
what if bees build their honeycomb with circular shapes?
There will be gaps between the circle.
