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Bee Life Cycle 1

The honeybee life cycle begins with a queen bee being impregnated, which allows her to lay up to 2,000 eggs per day in hexagonal wax cells. The eggs hatch into legless larvae that are fed by worker bees. The larvae develop into pupae that spin cocoons and remain motionless as they transform into adult bees. The pupae then chew their way out of the wax cells as young bees that collect food for the colony.

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Bee Life Cycle 1

The honeybee life cycle begins with a queen bee being impregnated, which allows her to lay up to 2,000 eggs per day in hexagonal wax cells. The eggs hatch into legless larvae that are fed by worker bees. The larvae develop into pupae that spin cocoons and remain motionless as they transform into adult bees. The pupae then chew their way out of the wax cells as young bees that collect food for the colony.

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Primary Science: Honeybee Life Cycle

Honeybees are flying insects. Honeybees live in


colonies that have a single queen that starts the
life cycle.
A queen needs to be impregnated in order for it
to lay eggs. A queen is capable of laying up to
around 2,000 eggs a day. There are basic
stages in the honeybee life cycle, the egg, the
larva, the pupa, and the adult.
An egg can grow into either a worker, drone
(male) or a queen bee. Queens take the
shortest time to grow while a worker bee is the
longest.
Primary Science: Honeybee Life Cycle

The honeybee life cycle begins with the queen


being impregnated by the drone bees. The
mating of bees happens outside of the nest
during flight.
After mating, the queen will return to its colony.
Eggs are laid in hexagonal egg cells that are
covered in wax. Eggs will develop into larvae
after 3 days.
A larva has no defining features and is legless. It
never leaves the wax cell and grows at a rapid
speed with the help of the worker bees who
bring food to the larva.
Primary Science: Honeybee Life Cycle

The pupa stage is when the cell of the larva is


fully grown, the larva changes. The cell the larva
is in is sealed with a wax capping when the
larva is engorged on extra food. To enclose itself,
it spins a thin silk cocoon within each cell. The
pupa does not move at all.
Once the pupa has developed wings, legs,
eyes, and other ports, it will start chewing its way
out of the wax capping, becoming a young
adult bee. The young adult bee will then collect
pollen and nectar as food the entire colony.
Primary Science: Honeybee Life Cycle

Answer the questions.

How does the life cycle start?

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Where does the queen lay her eggs?

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How many eggs can the queen lay?

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Primary Science: Honeybee Life Cycle

Answer the questions.

What are the four stages of the life cycle?

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What are the three types of bees?

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Primary Science: Honeybee Life Cycle

Answer the questions.

Explain the larva stage.

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How does a pupa become a young adult bee?

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