Bee Behavior

Bees may be solitary or social insects. Honeybees and bumblebees live in colonies. Carpenter bees are solitary and do not live in colonies. There are three types of honeybees: the queen, workers and drones. The queen lays the eggs. The workers are females; they gather food, make honey and guard the hive. The drones are males; they mate with the queen. Bees eat nectar and gather pollen to feed their young. They communicate with each other by a dance called "the bee dance". Bees sting to protect themselves or their hive. After one sting the honeybee will die, but bumblebees can sting more than once.