The Life Cycle of Honeybees

by Student Name

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The Honeybee (Apis mellifera) Recognizable by their pattern4

Stinger used as defense Only found in females Can only be used once

Barbed 5

Unique body structure6

Segmented Exoskeleton

Compound eyes 7

Facets- hundreds of small simple eyes

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Social Order The Castes

Queen 2-8

years Workers

6 weeks Drones

8 weeks9

Up to 20,000 bees living in the hive in the summer months.

Don’t hibernate in the winter

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Drone Bees Males Larger eyes 11

0-200 in the hive at any time

Sole purpose is to mate with queen12 Die after mating Kicked out

around fall

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Development of a Bee Egg

3 days Larvae

4 days Pupa

Few days Adult 16-24 days

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Worker Bees Female (sterile) Perform all

necessary tasks Different jobs

depending on age 2 days 3-10 days 15-20 days 21-35 days

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The Queen Bee Only fertile

female Royal jelly16

Lays eggs17

Pheromones18

Virgin Queen 19

Nuptial Flight 15

How is Honey Made? Collecting nectar Enriching the

nectar The final product

Honey production 2

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Credits1"Honeybee." 19 May 2007

<http://brownback.senate.gov/Honeybee.htm>.

2Rechtfertig, Mary A. "Buddy Activities." 19 May 2007 <http://dixiesd.marin.k12.ca.us/dixieschool/classrooms/Rechtfertig/honeybee.jpg>.

3"Honey Bee Facts Page." Koday's Kids Amazing Insects. 1 Jan. 1998. 20 May 2007 <http://www.ivyhall.district96.k12.il.us/4TH/KKHP/1insects/honbeefax.html>.

4Huang, Zachary. "Honey Bee Anatomy." BeeBiology. 15 Feb. 2005. Michigan StateUniversity. 20 May 2007 <http://www.cyberbee.net/>.

Credits (continued)5Dave, Langston. "Information Sheet 2." The Honey

Bee Body. University of Arizona. 20 May 2007 <http://cals.arizona.edu/pubs/insects/ahb/inf2.html>.

6www.cyberbee.net 7Mason, Jim. "Honeybee." Great Plains Nature Center.

20 May 2007 <http://www.gpnc.org/honeybee.htm>.

8Koning, Ross E. "Honeybee Biology". Plant Physiology Website. 1994. 20 May 2007 http://plantphys.info/plants_human/bees/bees.html 20 May 2007.

9http://www.gpnc.org/honeybee.htm 10http://plantphys.info/plants_human/bees/bees.html

Credits (continued) 11Kendall, David. "Kendall Bioresearch Services." 6

June 2005. 20 May 2007 <http://www.kendall-bioresearch.co.uk/HYMEN5.GIF>.

12http://www.gpnc.org/honeybee.htm 13http://plantphys.info/plants_human/bees/

bees.html 14www.cyberbee.net 15"Honey." Answers.Com. 20 May 2007

<http://www.answers.com/topic/honey>. 16Gustofsson, P O. 20 May 2007

<http://www.vegetus.org/honey/queen2.jpg>.

Credits (continued) 17http://plantphys.info/plants_human/bees/bees.html18http://www.ivyhall.district96.k12.il.us/4TH/KKHP/

1insects/honbeefax.html 19"Queen Bee." Wikipedia. 17 May 2007. 20 May

2007 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_bee#Development>.

20www.answers.com/topic/honey

Checklist/Feedback: Research PowerPoint (& Presentation)

Name: Research PPT #1 Date: 16 June 2007

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Design is exceptionally attractive, balanced and it is easy to locate important elements. “White” space, graphic elements & alignment are used effectively to organize material logically. Design includes all the required elements (title slide, graphics on each slide, logical animation, footnotes and works cited slide, etc.)

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Graphics are related to the theme/purpose of the slide, are thoughtfully cropped, are of high quality and enhance reader interest and understanding. Fonts are consistent and easy to read and point size varies appropriately for headings and text. Use of font styles and bullets/lists (italic, bold, underline) is consistent and logical.

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Student prepares well and far enough in advance to have clear and sufficient data for his or her presentation, revealing mastery of the content. Multiple resources have been consulted and additional research completed as necessary to locate reliable and complete data for the presentation. Data has been synthesized and organized for the logic flow of the presentation (not source by source for ease of citation).

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The presentation is clear, logical, audible, professional, and complete. The student appears comfortable and confident in presenting the research. The presentation includes attribution of sources that correlate clearly with the footnotes on the slides. The student’s mastery of the content/research is made obvious by how well he/she handles questions from the audience (including the teacher).

0 1 2 There are no/few errors in spelling, punctuation, grammar or format in the draft. The student’s notes, slides, and research sources are submitted at the end of the presentation.

0 1 2 Overall Assessment (the overall estimation of the number of drafts you will need to complete before this piece is ready for submission into your final portfolio)

End Note:

This piece is almost ready for the final submission; it just needs another draft to tighten the design elements.YES NO

The draft contains all the required elements as outlined in the introductory PowerPoint and the mini-lessons related to this genre. There is evidence of native talent and/or drafting and genuine effort put into the piece as well as significant progress made over multiple drafts.

YES NO Conference with teacher recommended or required