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worker beenoun
sterile bee specialized to collect food and maintain the hive
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worker beenoun
A sterile bee whose speciality is to support the hive, especially by collecting pollen
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Worker bee
A worker bee is any female (eusocial) bee that lacks the full reproductive capacity of the colony's queen bee; under most circumstances, this is correlated to an increase in certain non-reproductive activities relative to a queen. While worker bees occur in all eusocial bee species, the term is rarely used (outside of scientific literature) for any bees other than honey bees. Honey bee workers gather pollen into the pollen baskets on their back legs and carry it back to the hive where it is used as food for the developing brood. Pollen carried on their bodies may be carried to another flower where a small portion can rub off onto the pistil, resulting in cross pollination. A significant amount of the world's food supply, particularly fruit, depends greatly on crop pollination by honey bees. Nectar is sucked up through the proboscis, mixed with enzymes in the stomach, and carried back to the hive, where it is stored in wax cells and evaporated into honey.
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worker bee
A worker bee is one of three types of bees within a honeybee hive (the other two being the queen and drone), characterized by its role in collecting food, building and repairing the hive, and taking care of the larvae. These bees are typically sterile females and constitute the majority of the hive's population. They are also responsible for the production of honey and beeswax.
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Worker bee
A worker bee is any male bee that lacks the full reproductive capacity of the colony's queen bee; under most circumstances, this is correlated to an increase in certain non-reproductive activities relative to a queen, as well. Worker bees occur in many bee species other than honey bees, but this is by far the most familiar colloquial use of the term. Workers gather pollen into the pollen baskets on their back legs, to carry back to the hive where it is used as food for the developing brood. Pollen carried on their bodies may be carried to another flower where a small portion can rub off onto the pistil, resulting in cross pollination. Almost all of civilization's food supply depends greatly on crop pollination by honey bees, whether directly eaten or used as forage crops for animals that produce milk and meat. Nectar is sucked up through the proboscis, mixed with enzymes in the stomach, and carried back to the hive, where it is stored in wax cells and evaporated into honey. Honey bee workers keep the hive temperature uniform in the critical brood area. Workers must maintain the hive's brood chamber at 34.4 °C to incubate the eggs. If it is too hot, they collect water and deposit it around the hive, then fan air through with their wings causing cooling by evaporation. If it is too cold, they cluster together to generate body heat. This is an example of homeostasis.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of worker bee in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of worker bee in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
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- ArbeiterinGerman
- εργατική μέλισσαGreek
- abeja obreraSpanish
- työläinenFinnish
- abeille ouvrièreFrench
- ape operaiaItalian
- ワーキングビー, 働きバチ, 働き蜂Japanese
- GERULALatin
- werkbij, werksterDutch
- pszczoła pracownica, pracownicaPolish
- Abelha trabalhadoraPortuguese
- рабочая пчелаRussian
- radilica, радилицаSerbo-Croatian
- arbetsbiSwedish
- தொழிலாளி தேனீTamil
- కార్మికుడు తేనెటీగTelugu
- کارکن مکھیUrdu
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