{"id":579416,"date":"2020-04-24T14:36:07","date_gmt":"2020-04-24T18:36:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/?p=579416"},"modified":"2022-02-07T10:55:15","modified_gmt":"2022-02-07T15:55:15","slug":"take-the-quiz-which-bee-would-you-be","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/all\/take-the-quiz-which-bee-would-you-be\/","title":{"rendered":"Take the quiz: Which bee would YOU be?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Have you ever wondered where you’d fit in if you called a bee colony home? Learn more about bees below and take the quiz at the end to find out! Post your results in the comments and let us know! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Queen<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The queen bee\nis the boss of the hive. She has the selfless role of being the reproductive\ncentre of the entire hive. Her job is to lay about 1500 eggs PER DAY and only\nleaves the hive once in her life to mate. To be the queen, no special training\nis required, it\u2019s a matter of luck. They become queens because they are laid in\nspecial cells of the hive that are bigger than the others, and are randomly\npicked to be fed a substance called royal jelly instead of the larval honey\nthat the other larvae receive. Queen bees also release special chemicals called\npheromones within the hive, which direct the social and behavioural actions of\nthe other bees. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This flower is BEE-utiful!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Worker<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Worker bees\nplay a very important role in the hive. These bees are all females, and are\nresponsible for every job in the hive except reproduction. They have different\njobs within the hive, including guards to defend the hive, nursing bees and\nfeeding growing larvae, cleaning the hive, cleaning other bees, and collecting\nnectar, pollen, and water. They really live up to the phrase, \u2018busy as a bee\u2019!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Gotta get that nectar!!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Drone<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The drone\u2019s\nlife is a little simpler than that of the worker. Their only role is to mate\nwith the queen so the hive can reproduce. There are about 100 female worker\nbees for every drone bee. Drones are incapable of feeding themselves or\nforaging for food. They also don\u2019t have stingers and therefore cant defend\nthemselves or the hive. They die as soon as they\u2019ve mated with the queen. When\ntimes are tough, or the weather gets cold, drones are kicked out of the hive by\nworker bees, leaving them to starve. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Have you ever wondered where you’d fit in if you called a bee colony home? Learn more about bees below and take the quiz at the end to find out! Post your results in the comments and let us know! Queen The queen bee is the boss of the hive. She has the selfless role […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":579600,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1189,931],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-579416","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-quiz","category-all"],"pp_force_visibility":null,"pp_subpost_visibility":null,"pp_inherited_force_visibility":null,"pp_inherited_subpost_visibility":null,"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t