BEES SOCIETY

Before Reading:

1. Have you been victim of a siting? Which happened after that?
2. Do you know how the bees are socially organized?

Now read the text carefully.

BEES

Bees and Bumblebees Or domestic honeybee, belong to the family of the ápidos (Apidae). Bees typically are social, although there are also solitary and even parasitic,Bees are insects, which have two pairs of wings they have its hind’s legs larger than forelegs, they  have 5 eyes, two of three are used to perceive blue green, brown and black colors, three of its eyes are situated on its head and they are used for distant vision.  They also have a sting which is only used when in danger or against its enemies, after stinking they die.

Bees work really hard and they do not have individual interest, maybe they are the most democratic system of organization, not for voting but the job.  Bees feed from nectar and pollen of flowers they live in hives they also have some special characteristics which amaze many people, for example. In order to make 1 spoon of honey they have to visit 4.000 flowers. Bees loathe laziness that’s why they killed those bees which don’t work and waste the work from other. They have a sting which is only used when in danger or against its enemies, after stinking they die.

Bees work since down and go from flower to flower, they really work hard.

Their social organization consists on:

The Queen Bee, which live for 5 years approximately. its job is to lay eggs which later will become bees around three weeks in special cells.

Drones, the male bee, its job is to fertilize the queen then they are killed or dropped out from colony 

Workers: they are female infertile bees which job is to feed the larvae.

 In a colony is not possible to live two queens in case of that, the oldest queen leave the colony with some workers, that is called a swarm

Bees have special characteristics but which is the most important to highlight is their unity and effort. 

After Reading

Answer the following question:

1.      Bees have 6 eyes                                      TRUE                   FALSE

2.      Bees are selfish insects that work individually.                 TRUE         FALSE  

3.      Bees hate peers which don’t work and waste the work from other           TRUE         FALSE

Birds

The hood [Top of the head (Pileus).] Is the hallmark that gives name to this species and allows easy identification, the rest of the plumage is rather discreet.

Very distributed and often quite familiar, is the one most like living in our gardens. It fits in the bushes most diverse, both in the wild and in the beds of boxwood carving.

In March-April, after taking possession of a territory, the male tries, with varying mime, attract a female. During courtship, waving as soon as the tail wings frantically and inflates the breast feathers.

The molt begins in mid-July. The blackcaps barely move and go unnoticed. After a period of silence, by mid-August, we hear their voices again clear from the groves.

Although common breeding in most of Spain, appearing in greater numbers in winter with the arrival of large numbers of birds from other parts of Europe. Towards the end of September the advanced arrive, but it is in October, particularly when it's heavy bird that winters primarily around the center and south.

 

Identification: Upper parts grayish brown, the male with hood [Top of the head (Pileus).] Black, the female is reddish brown.

Nesting: Nest lightweight, built mainly by the female, dried herbs, lined with hair and rootlets, in bushes or other weeds. Puts from April to June, usually 4-5 eggs, dyed white speckled green and brown. Incubation, by both parents, about 12 days. The chickens, fed by both parents, leave the nest after about 10 days.

Food: Mosquitoes, caterpillars and other insects in autumn and winter, fruits and berries [type fleshy fruit with seeds.].

Habitat: Sotos.