House bee
Any worker doing work inside the nest rather than foraging.
Bees
Definition
A collective term covering cell cleaning, nursing, comb building, receiving nectar, ventilating and guarding — everything a worker does before she becomes a forager. House bees receive nectar loads from returning foragers and do most of the work of turning nectar into honey.
See also
Other bees terms
Sources
Sources
- The Biology of the Honey Bee — Harvard University Press (1987) · Textbook
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