Timeline-of-bee-volition
The world has changed almost beyond recognition since the bees first evolved. Groups as mighty as the dinosaurs have risen and fallen; mammals have gone from minor players to the charismatic icons of the animal world, and pollination has been entirely transformed by an increasingly specialized bee population.

The Queen ….
Despite being the mother of every bee in the hive and laying up to 2,000 eggs a day, the queen is definitely not in charge of the colony.  If her influences laying slows, she will be deposed. That said, she undoubtedly influences how the colony acts. A round the-clock-entourage keeps her fed and distributes her pheromones though out the colony, which tells the workers she is in good health. Most importantly, her offsprings inherit their characteristics from her, and a bad-tempered colony.

Most Social Bee
Some bee species, most famously the honey bee, live in colonies with a strict division between non-breeding workers and a breeding queen. This system of social living,know as eusociality, is truly fascinating. How do such ostensibly simple organisms decide who gets to reproduce?Why do workers accept non-breeding role? The answer may lie in the peculiarities of bee genetics.

Ecological drivers
Another feature that seems to unite all eusociality species is that their ancestors evolved in difficult habitats with challenging weather,abundant predators ,and patchily distributed food in such habitats, joining together to form larger groups can be beneficial. A nest can quickly be built to protect against the weather and predators. Scouts can search for food and coordinate foraging, while excess food can be safely stored for leaner times. Beyond this, individuals can become specialized to particular task, so that these tasks are carried out more efficiently. The Honey Bee Colony is divided into three distinct parts. Workers, drones, and the queen.
It is easy to anthropomorphize this system and assume that the queen is dictator of the colony forcing the workers to satisfy her every whim In fact all castes depend on each other.

Hive of Activity
The industrious efficiency of the honey bee is the result of a finely tuned division of labor. The moment a young worker emerges, she is signed up to the colony task force, moving up the ranks with age and experiencing life both inside the hive and the great out doors.

Rearing new bees
Honey bee young are among the best cared for of any animal species, with each brood individual getting their own bedroom and a plentiful supply of food delivered by nurse bees.

Dancing for your dinner
Honey bees have developed a sophisticated method of communicating to each other the location of a food source in a behavior known as “the waggle dance” which turns the vertical surface of the comb into a dance floor.

Honey machines
Flowers are wonderful food for the bees, but their ephemeral nature does pose a problem: What to eat when there are now flowers? Many species get around this problem by living fast and dying young, a honey bee colony, on the other hand can exist season after season. The secret to this longevity is their ability to process nectar into honey so that it will store well. To achieve this, honey bees have developed a suite of adaptations to become honey-producing machines.

Reverse the Decline of our Bees.
The Future of Bee Research Scientific research has a huge part to play in saving the bees.
Only truly understanding bee behavior and the threats they face can we hope to protect their populations.
And as we discover more about these amazing creatures, we are likely to find unexpected application for what we learn.
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