Bees

Some insects live in groups or colonies . Ants live like this and so do some wasps. Insects that live and work together are called social insects and one of the best known social insects in the honey bee. There are many different kinds of bees. Honey bees have been kept by the man for hundreds of years to get honey . These insects are also kept in a specially made wooden box called a hive.

In a hive of bees , there are a queen , some drones and thousands of workers .The queen is there only to lay eggs and do nothing else. At certain times , she may lay up to fifteen hundred eggs everyday! The drones are male bees and they do not work. All the tasks of hive are done by the worker bees . They make layers of six sided each new larva that hatches out from the eggs. They guard the hive so that keep the hive cool in summer by fanning with their wings