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**Title:** The Fascinating World of Bees
**Summary:**
* Bees are crucial for pollination and generally non-aggressive, stinging only when threatened.
* A hive contains 50,000-80,000 honeybees, with workers protecting their home using barbed stingers that get stuck in skin, causing pain.
* **Queen Bee:**
+ Rarely stings, as her main job is laying eggs (up to 2,000/day).
+ Has a smoother stinger, causing less pain, but can sting multiple times.
+ Typically doesn't need to defend herself, except against rival queens.
* **Becoming a Queen:**
+ Involves being fed royal jelly as a larva, triggering special development.
+ First queen to emerge often eliminates competition.
* **Hive Roles:**
+ Workers (females): multitask, including foraging, caring for young, and building.
+ Drones (males): primarily mate with the queen.
* **Worker Bee Life Phases:**
1. Cleaning (3 weeks after birth)
2. Feeding others (1 week)
3. Building and guarding (1 week)
4. Foraging (final 10 days, before leaving the hive)
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**Bee Biology and Behavior**
1. Bees only sting when they feel threatened.
2. A hive can hold between 50,000 to 80,000 honeybees.
3. Female bees are the only ones that can sting, except for the queen.
4. Male drone bees do not have stingers.
5. The stinger is a modified egg-laying device.
**Queen Bee**
6. Queen bees rarely sting due to their role in the hive.
7. The queen's main jobs are to produce chemical scents and lay eggs (up to 2,000 a day).
8. Queen bees can live for up to five years.
9. The queen's stinger is smoother, without barbs, allowing for multiple stings.
10. The queen's sting is considered the least painful.
**Stinging and Venom**
11. When worker bees sting, their stinger gets stuck in the skin.
12. The stinger contains venom with proteins that cause pain and affect the immune system.
13. The stinger pumps venom for over 10 minutes or until removed.
**Pain from Stings**
14. The most painful area to be stung is the nostrils (rated 9/10).
15. The upper lip is the second most painful area (rated 8.7/10).
16. The least painful locations are the skull, middle toe tip, and upper arm (rated 2.3/10).
**Colony and Roles**
17. Worker bees have four job phases: cleaning, feeding, helping/guarding, and foraging.
18. Each phase lasts around a week, except for foraging (around 10 days).
19. Drones (male bees) have one job: to mate with the queen.
20. Worker bees do all other tasks, including caring for larvae, storing honey, and pollination.
**Royal Jelly and Queen Development**
21. Royal jelly is a superfood produced by nurse bees to feed newly hatched larvae.
22. Royal jelly contains vitamin B, proteins, hormones, and sugars.
23. Only a few larvae are fed royal jelly to develop into queens.
24. The first queen to emerge will eliminate other potential queens.