1. The Secret Lives of Honey Bees Apis mellifera Anatomy, Biology, and the Hive

2. Honey Bee External Anatomy Three Body Regions –Head, Thorax, and Abdomen

3. Head Compound Eyes Three Ocelli –Simple Eyes Antennae –Respond to Touch & Odor Mandibles Proboscis –Lapping up Nectar & Other Fine Particles

4. Compound Eye

5. Mosaic Picture

6. Also in UV http://www.naturfotograf.com/UV_flowers_list.html

7. Thorax Point of Attachment for –Six Legs –Two Pairs of Wings

8. Pollen Baskets

9. Abdomen Spiracles for Breathing Stinger/Ovipositor (Workers & Queen) Male Bees (Drones) do not have a stinger

10. Internal Anatomy

11. Nasonov Gland “Come Hither” Pheromone Released by Worker Bees to Signal entrance of hive or mark flowers

12. Nervous System

13. Circulatory System

14. Stinger

15. Honey Bee Biology

16. Complete Metamorphosis

18. Workers, Drones, & Queen

19. Worker Bees (Are all Female) Worker Bee Life Cycle –Hatching of egg: 3 Days –Larva stage (Feeding): 5 days –Pupa stage: 13 days –From Egg to Adult: 21 days

21. Drones Mate with virgin queen. Die after mating ~ 17 Drones may mate with Queen during her mating flight. Get “kicked out” of hive in winter.

22. Queen Mature female that received abundant amounts of royal jelly while as larva Can live 2 – 4 years Can lay up to 2,000 eggs per day during spring build up.

23. Metamorphosis of Queen Bee –Egg hatches on Day 3 –Larva (several moltings)Day 3 to Day 8½ –Queen cell capped~ Day 7½ –Pupa~ Day 8 until emergence –Emergence~Day 15½ - Day 17 –Nuptial Flight(s)~Day 20 – 24 –Egg Laying~Day 23 and up

24. Swarming Eventually, the worker bees decide that the queen has become too old or damaged Or that the hive is physically too small So… They decide to make a new queen(s)

25. The Hive

26. The Frames