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The life cycle of all bee species passes includes 4 key stages, and honey bees are no different in this regard.
Egg, An egg in a yellowish colored wax hexagonal cell. The egg is white and about the size of a grain of rice. It stands on its tip and poking upward in the very center of the cell. An egg is laid by the honey bee queen in an hexagonal egg cell. The egg is about the size of a grain of rice. An egg is laid by the honey bee queen in a wax, hexagonal egg cell. The egg is about the size of a grain of rice and initially stands upright in the cell, but falls onto its side by the third day. The honey bee queen may lay up to 2000 or 3000 eggs per day1,4. Fertilized eggs will become females (workers or potential queens). Unfertilized eggs will become drones (male honey bees) and are laid in 'drone cells' which are larger cells than those of worker bees. A potential future new queen honey bee is laid in a special cell, called a 'queen cell'.
Larva, Honey bee larva inside a cell. The larva looks like a whitish colored curled up grub. The orangey colored wax cell is hexagonal in shape. Honey bee larva inside a cell. After 3 days, the egg develops into a larva, which looks like a small white grub. It has no legs and is blind. The larvae are fed by young worker nurse bees that have not yet left the hive or nest. Larvae are fed either 'worker jelly' (female workers), 'drone jelly' (males) or 'royal jelly' (queen). Initially, all the larvae of worker bees are fed jelly for 3 - 4 days, after which, workers are fed on a slightly different jelly containing less protein. Whereas adult worker bees will feed on pollen and honey, a larva destined to be a queen is fed only on royal jelly and will continue to be fed on royal jelly throughout her life. Royal jelly is a substance made in glands in the head, and the salivary glands in the mouth. Royal jelly is sometimes called 'bee milk' and is produced by young nurse bees (worker bees of between 5 and 14 days old). Royal jelly contains water, protein, vitamins, fats (lipids), and sugar and some mineral salts. As the larva grows, it will moult (shed its outer skin) several times. After about 6 days (depending on whether the bee is a worker, drone or queen), the egg cell is covered with a layer of wax by the worker bees.
Pupa, Inside the sealed egg cell, the larva begins to spin a cocoon around itself and pupate. During this phase, the larva develops into a recognizable bee, with wings, legs, head, thorax and abdomen.
Adult, Eventually, a young adult bee will emerge from the hexagonal-shaped egg cell, by chewing its way through the wax capping. All in all, from the time the egg was laid, it takes new honey bee queens about 16 days to emerge from the egg cell, whereas worker bees require between 18 and 22 days to fully develop, and drones need 24 days.
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