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Honey bees, apis millifera, probably originated in tropical Africa and spread into North Europe, east into India and China, and were probably brought to America with the first Colonist, and are now distributed world wide.
The saying “busy as a bee” refers to the worker bees. A typical hive contains perhaps 20,000 bees and is divided into three types, queen, drone, and workers.
The queen is the largest bee and lays the eggs. Her lifespan is approximately two years.
“Drones” are tolerated in the hives only when there is a possibility that they may mate with a queen. A few are tolerated in the spring and fall, with more in the summer. They are designed only for mating.
The “worker bee” as their name implies, do most of the work around the hive. They are sterile females who tend the young, make cane, clean hives, gather nectar and pollen, plus much more. They secrete wax from glands on the abdomen and fashion the honey comb. They really work themselves to death. Their life span is about 20 to 40 days in the summer.
The “worker bees” defend the hive with their sting, when it is necessary to kill an intruder. A worker bee pushes the tip of the sting into the surface of the intruder. The
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