Bees Genus : Apis Species : mellifera Food Chain Bibliography Interesting Facts: Queens will lay almost 2000 eggs a day at a rate of 5 or 6 a minute. Between 175, ,000 eggs are laid per year. The queen starts to lay eggs about 10 days after mating. Food web Description
Food Chain The rose gets the energy from the sun. The sun gives light to the rose. The Bee eats the rose pollen. The Varroa Mite eats the Bee. Return to main page The Ladybug eats the Varroa Mite. The Bird eats the Ladybug.
Food Web Return to main page Sun Vegetables Bee Varroa Mite Fire Ant Armadillo
Description Return to main page Honeybees visit about 2 million flowers to make one pound of honey. About 8 pounds of honey is eaten to produce 1 pound of beeswax. Honeybees are the only insects that produce food for humans.
Bibliography Pictures wpe33.jpg Information Honeybees, James P. Rowan, s.htmlwww.honey.com/kids/fact s.html nbeefax.htmlwww.ivyhall.district96.k12.il.us/4th/kkhp/1insects/ho nbeefax.html es.htmwww.indianchiald.com/be es.htm Return to main page