{"id":62,"date":"2017-09-12T17:56:00","date_gmt":"2017-09-12T17:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/roaringbees.com\/?p=62"},"modified":"2019-03-09T21:19:48","modified_gmt":"2019-03-09T21:19:48","slug":"workng-working-working","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/roaringbees.com\/?p=62","title":{"rendered":"Workng, Working, Working"},"content":{"rendered":"

since its summer the busiest bees in the hive are the workers. I didn’t realise until recently that there are 5 different types of worker bees. Though knowing this does mean that Bee Movie know makes more sense to me.<\/p>\n

It depends on age, different jobs depending on skills and knowledge I guess, the more familiar you are with how things work the greater the opportunities there are. I think when reviewing this structure it also depends on strength and resistance.<\/p>\n

Here is how it works<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\n
\nAge (approx) <\/b><\/b><\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
\n
\nFunction <\/b><\/b><\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
\n
\nActivities<\/b><\/b><\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
\n1-5 days<\/b><\/b><\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
\n
\nHouse Bee          <\/b><\/b><\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
\n
\nCleaning
\n out cells and \u201cpolishing\u201d them ready for egg laying or pollen\/honey storage<\/b><\/b><\/div>\n
\nGeneral cleaning and tidying duties
\n (e.g. removing debris)<\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
\n5-14 days<\/b><\/b><\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
\n
\nNurse Bee<\/b><\/b><\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
\n
\nReceive
\n food from returning foragers and provide newly hatched larvae with brood food
\n (or royal jelly for queen larvae)<\/b><\/b><\/div>\n
\nFeed the
\n queen and drones<\/b><\/b><\/div>\n
\nTend the queen, feeding and grooming
\n her and removing her waste<\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
\n10-14 days<\/b><\/b><\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
\n
\nBuilder<\/b><\/b><\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
\n
\nCell
\n building and repair (after the wax glands have matured)<\/b><\/b><\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
\n14-21 days<\/b><\/b><\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
\n
\nGuard Bee<\/b><\/b><\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nProtection
\n of the colony. Guard bees will guard the entrance and fly locally to warn off
\n intruders<\/b><\/b><\/div>\n
\nGuard bees
\n will also \u201cfan\u201d the entrance of a hive with their wings and collect water to
\n cool the colony by evaporating it by \u201cfanning\u201d their wings<\/b><\/b><\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
\n21+ days<\/b><\/b><\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
\n
\nForagers<\/b><\/b><\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
\n
\nFind and collect pollen, nectar and
\n water to bring back to the colony<\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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