Thursday, January 5, 2012

Life Cycle of a Honey Bee

The life stages of a honeybee are egg, larva, pupa and adult. Development from egg to adult takes 21 days.  
The length of these stages is set out in the table below.

Days
Task
1 - 3
Egg
4 - 9
Larvae (5 days)
10 - 21
Pupae (10 days) Cell is capped.
Adult
Once emerged, a bee performs various house duties.
Read more about that at my post on The Life of a Honey Bee.


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