Observation Hive

Honey
Nectar Plants
Composition
How To Store
How Bees Make Honey
The Harvest
Extracting
CooKing
Medicinal
Beauty

Beekeeping
History
Art Of Beekeeping
Equipment
Apiary
Stings
Predators
Spring Care
Wintering Bees
Feeding Bees
Products Of The Hive
Swarms
Managing Colonies
Bee Mite

Honey Bees
Social Insect
Queen
Worker
Drone
Virgin
Stings
Products of the Hive

Legal Stuff

Worker

A worker takes 21 days to hatch,
from egg to larva to emerging bee.

The workers are all female.
They also all have stingers

The progressive duties of the worker.

Days 1 & 2 of life- Clean cells & keep brood warm.

Days 3 to 5 - Feed older larva.
Days 6 to 7 - Feed younger larva.
Days 12 to 17 - Produce wax. Building combs.
Transporting food within the hive.
Days 18 to 21 - Soldiers , guarding hive entrance.

Days 22 to 34 - Foragers, visiting flowers,
collecting nectar, pollen, propolis, & water.

Day 35 to35 - End of life.