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    Bees go through metamorphosis only female bees can sting all of the important duties are done by females. The only males in the colony are 'drones'. The rest are female 'workers' and the 'queen'

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    Bees go through metamorphosis only female bees can sting all of the important duties are done by females. The only males in the colony are 'drones'. The rest are female 'workers' and the 'queen'

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    Bees go through metamorphosis only female bees can sting all of the important duties are done by females. The only males in the colony are 'drones'. The rest are female 'workers' and the 'queen'

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    Berenbaum,May,SydneyCameron,TerryHarrison,andMichaelMcKelvey."BeeSpotter."
    SocialBehavior,,UniversityofIllinois
    .N.p.,n.d.Web.17Apr.2015.

    Summary:
    beesgothroughmetamorphosis
    onlyfemalebeescansting
    alloftheimportantdutiesaredonebyfemales
    themalebeesjusthangoutandeat,untiltheyleavethecolonytomateandthendie.
    theonlymalesinthecolonyaredrones.Therestarefemaleworkersandthequeen.
    typesofbees
    Queenlayseggs,thereisonlyoneofthempercolony,thelargest
    Workerstakecareofthelarvae,clean,forage10,00050,000percolony,lives57
    weeks
    Dronesmateandthendie,onlymales
    workerbeejobs
    03weeksold:workinsidethehivecleandirtyhoneycomb,buildhoneycomb,receives
    foodfromforagers,guardshive,removescorpses
    37weeksold:workoutsidethehiveforageforwater,pollen,andnectar
    Evaluation:

    SomethinginterestingabouthoneybeesthatIlearnedwasthatthefemalebees(workers)do
    justabouteverythingtokeepthehiverunningsmoothly.Theyclean,forage,guard,andbuild.
    Allofthesejobsarevitaltothehealthofthecolony.Iwasthinkingofdisplayingmyprojectasa
    sortoffoodpyramiddisplayingthesocialcastesofbees.Atthetopwouldbethequeen,then
    theworkers,andlastlythedrones.

    Evidence:
    workerbeeshavetheirowndivisionoflabor,whereeachbeespecializesonaspecific
    typeofworkthathelpsthehive
    whilenotallbeesaresocial,honeybeesandbumblebeesliveincomplexsocietiesand
    arereferredtoaseusocial.

    Mason,Jim."Honeybee."
    Honeybee
    .GreatPlainsNatureCenter,n.d.Web.26Apr.2015.

    Summary:
    Honeybeescollectandusenectartomakehoney
    theirstingerisreallyanegglayingtubecombinedwithavenomgland
    havecompoundeyes
    queen
    canlay1500eggsperday

    usuallyliveslessthantwoyears
    drones
    hasbiggereyesthananyothercaste
    workers
    youngworkersarecalledhousebees
    olderworkersarecalledfieldbees
    hive
    honeycombsaremadeofbeeswax
    beeswaxismadefromtheglandsontheundersidesofworkerbeesabdomenswhen
    theyare1215daysold
    housebeesfromhoneycombsfromthebeeswaxwiththeirmouths
    thehoneycombcellsareusedtoraisetheyoungbees
    honeycombsarecompletelyuniform

    Evaluation:
    Themostinterestingthingthatilearnedwashowhoneycombsareformed.Ididnot
    knowthatthehousebeesformeditwiththeirmouths.Ialsothoughtitwasinterestingthat
    beeswaxcomesfromaglandonthebee.Thissourcegivesmenewinsightintohowbee
    colonieswork.Inowrealisejusthowbusythelivesofhoneybeesare.

    Evidence:
    Thecentralfeatureofthebeehiveisthehoneycomb.Thismarvelofinsectengineering
    consistsofflatverticalpanelsofsixsidedcellsmadeofbeeswax
    Beeswaxisproducedfromglandsontheundersideoftheabdomensofworkerbees
    whentheyarebetween12and15daysold.

    Singer,Emily."InBees,AHuntfortheRootsofSocialBehavior[SlideShow]."S
    cientific
    AmericanGlobalRSS
    .ScientificAmerican,9May2014.Web.26Apr.2015.

    Summary:
    mostbeespeciesaresolitary
    somebeecanchoosetobesocialorsolitary
    2majorgenesthatdifferbetweensocialandsolitarybees
    thegeneshavetodowithmetabolism,whichcanreflectthedifferentforaging/energy
    needsbetweenthetwotypes
    honeybeesocietydependsonaverystrictdivisionoflabor
    eusociality
    morethan90%ofbeesaresolitary
    honeybeesmayhavehigherenergyneeds
    Evaluation:
    Themostinterestingthingthatilearnedwasthatbeesgenesdeterminewhetherthey
    aresocialorsolitary,andthatthisdependsonmetabolism.Thismeansthatthereisadifferent

    needforforagingandenergybetweenthetwotypesofbees.Thissourcegavemenewinsight
    intowhyhoneybeesaresocial.Ididnotknowthatitwasdependentongenes.Thissourcewill
    beagreatresourcetoincludeinformationfrominmydisplay.

    Evidence:

    Initialcomparisonsofsolitaryandsocialbeeshavefoundtwomajorclassesofgenes
    thatdifferbetweenthetwogroups,genesinvolvedinmetabolism
    Thisparcelingofjobsisthedefiningfeatureofthemostextremeformofsocialsociety,
    calledeusocialityortruesociality

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