social organisation of honey bee

1. Honey bee

2. 1. Social or colonial insects
2. Living in combs or nests
3. Colonies are perennial
4. Exhibit polymorphism and division of labor
5. Chemical pheromones and communicative
dances are responsible for colony survival.
6. Reproduction and colony strength depend on
the queen.
7. A.indica-50000-1,00,000
A.florea-4000-5000

3. Honey bee colony
Adults,eggs,larvae and pupae.
Queen,drones,and workers
Reproductive
caste
Queen-fertile adult female
Drone-fertile adult male
develops from an
unfertilized egg.
Worker caste Unmated adult females
generally the daughters of
queen.

4. Comb
It consists of hexagonal cells made up of wax secreted by
the worker bee.
Upper portion-storage of honey and pollen
Lower portion-brood rearing
It contains aromatic substance such as nectar,pollen,bee
glue, wax, hormonal secretions of larvae and
adults,pheromonal secretions
Of the queen.

5. queen drone worker
It develops by feeding
royal
jelly throughout its
development
16 days
Reproduction and
pheromone secretion.
Functional set of
ovaries
One set of
chromosomes
24 days
Main function is to
fertilize
the virgin queen
during
her mating flight.
Large eyes
Two sets of
chromosomes
21 days
Feed brood, receive
nectar,
clean hive
Presence of pollen
basket,
bee wax producing
glands,
brood feeding glands.