Sci-Five | The Hindu Science: On Bees

Only eight out of almost 21,000 bee species in the world die when they sting.

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A stinger, at least in most bees, wasps and ants, is actually a tube for laying eggs (ovipositor) that has also been adapted for violent defence.

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Stingless bees can still defend their nests, when offended, by biting.

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A drone is a male bee. Unlike the female worker bee, a drone has no stinger. He does not gather nectar or pollen and cannot feed without assistance from worker bees.

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Honeybees have a dance move called the ‘waggle dance’. It’s not actually a dance move at all, but rather a clever way of communicating between themselves to tell their nestmates where to go to find the best source of food.

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