Social Insects: Bees and Wasps

If honeybees and paper wasps have a larva and pupa stage, do they go through complete or incomplete metamorphosis?

• Complete Metamorphosis

  (They do not look the same as they did as a larva)

• Incomplete Metamorphosis

  (They look the same as they did as a larva)

The queen honeybee performs a very important job that keeps the life cycle of the bee going. What is it?

• She flies to protect the beehive.

• She lays eggs.

What other jobs do honeybees have to help keep the colony alive?

• worker bees build honeycombs

• protect the larvae

• store nectar and pollen

• they fly away and don't come back

Why do honeybees perform the waggle dance?

• It is a way to communicate with the other bees of where the best flower nectar can be found.

• It is a way to find a new friend bee.

Why do you think these wasps are called paper wasps?

• they like to fly around paper

• they like to eat paper

• their nests look like they are made of paper

Which member(s) of the hive do you think are most important to the hive’s survival?

• all bees are important because they all work together.

• the queen is the only one that is important.