A honey  is an insect
that carries pollen from  to
and produces  . |
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There are 3 types of s in a colony- a queen bee  , |
worker bees , and drones . |
| The worker bee and the queen
are both female bees but only the queen
is allowed to reproduce.The drones are the male bees. |
The worker bees have many jobs
including cleaning , finding pollen  , |
building new comb ,taking care of baby bees (called larvae)
etc. |
The drones only job is to mate with the queen
and the queen's only job is to lay eggs. |
| The honey has 3 basic body parts - a head, an abdomen, and a thorax |
On the head, the has 5  s, a pair of antennae,
a tongue , and jaws called mandibles |
s use the tongue to suck water , nectar, and . |
| They use mandibles for moving around pollen and shaping beeswax. |
The thorax is the middle portion of the and it contains muscles . |
The has 2 pairs of wings and 3 pairs of legs . |
On the legs of a honey are special structures and hair
that help the clean itself and carry pollen. |
The abdomen is the longest part of a honey and has most of the
important organs. |
| It is covered with hard segments that protect the and also help
keep it from drying up. |
| The sting (found only in female bees) is on the tip of the abdomen. |
| The abdomen also contains glands like the scent and wax-secreting
glands in worker bees, male reproductive organs in the drone
bees, and female reproductive organs in the queen bee. |
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