The colony of bees has several manifestations, the hives: the lees, the workers and the drones. The lees or queen is the rarest. The queen is the one who maintains the nest by laying large quantities of eggs, up to 2,000 a day. Like the lees, the workers are female. Most individuals in a colony of honey bees are workers. In summer, the male bees emerge, the drones. Apart from mating, they play a role in temperature regulation in the colony. If there is not enough pollen in the bees' nest, they are removed. In a nest in winter, there are one nut and about 10,000 worker bees; there are no drones then. In summer, several hundred drones are present and the number of worker bees can reach 80,000.
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I am Wilbert Heijkoop and I am 35 years old. I have a great passion for nature and wildlife photography. I really enjoy going out with the camera and capture amazing landscapes or special encounters with animals...
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