The article describes the features of the external structure of the honey bee.
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How many pairs of wings have a honey bee: photo, description
Humanity has been breeding bees from time immemorial. Bees are common throughout the globe. There are many types of these insects. The most complex behavior of the honey bee. The structure of the body of this insect is interesting, the bees have amazing features. Consider the structure of the body of the bee honey.
The body of the bee divided into three segments:
- Head
- Breast
- Abdomen
Wings
The bee has four wings: a pair of large (front) and a pair of small (rear). When the bee does not fly, large wings are located on small ones. Wings fold along the abdomen. The wings of the bee are laid at the doll stage.
When the bee is during the flight, all four wings are connected in one plane. This is due to special hooks with the name "Hamulus". The number of hooks can vary in the range of 17-28 pieces.
In adults, wings are thin plates with veins. The thicker strand is the front, it serves as the frame of the entire wing. In drones, the rear wings have additional housing.
With the help of its wings, the bee can fly over long distances for the extraction of nectar and pollen.
Important: in one second of flight, the bee makes 200 waves. In old individuals, wings are destroyed, young bees fly faster. Bees can fly at distances up to 3-4 km, but 2 km are considered the best distance for working with a bribe.
The flight speed of a bee with a load is 20-30 km per hour, without cargo, the bees develop up to 65 km per hour.
The oral apparatus
The bee's oral apparatus is arranged in such a way that the bee can absorb nectar, chew wax and even gnaw the summer. In this, strong jaws help her, which there are 4 in the rotary apparatus of the bee. Inside the head of the insect there is a strong chitin coating, thanks to which the oral apparatus has a good support.
The bees have the upper and lower lip. The upper lip is narrow, the lower - forms a proboscis. With the help of a proboscis, the bee sucks nectar. The length of the proboscis depends on the breed of bees. The length of the proboscis affects the possibility of extraction of nectar from hard -to -reach flowers, for example, from clover.
Vision
The bees are located on the head of the bees. In total, the bee has 5 eyes: 3 simple and 2 complex.
By the way, the bee's head is very strong. She tamps it with pollen in cells of honeycombs. Long antennae are located on the head, which are important organs of touch.
The complex eyes of the bees are called facet. They are located on the sides of the head. Facet eyes consist of many cells - facet. Facet eyes play an important role in the flight of a bee. With their help, the bee is well oriented in space and distinguishes the outlines of objects. However, the color spectrum of bees is not the same as in people. The bees do not see the red color.
Important: since the bees do not see red, it is not customary to paint the hives with this color. It is customary to paint the hives blue, yellow, green. The same applies to honeycows: the bee does not sit on a red flower, but loves the flowers blue, yellow.
Three simple eyes at the bee are located on the crown, and at the drones these eyes are shifted on the forehead. The eyes of the bee are motionless. But the bee can move his head, as it has a mobile muscle.
How many honey bees have the legs, how they look: photo, description
The body of the bee is densely covered with hairs that perform important functions:
- Are the touch organs.
- Serve for the transfer of pollen.
- I help the bee preserve my skin clean.
- Serve for heating insects.
The abdomen of the bee is divided into segments. The outer shell is solid, it also protects the body of the bee from mechanical damage.
Legs
On the abdomen are the bees of bees. There are 6 of them, that is, three pairs. The structure of the legs is very interesting. With their help, the bee moves along various surfaces, cleans the antennae, collects pollen. All pairs of legs are different in size and structure.
- The smallest front legs are more like hands. They are easily bend. At the ends of the legs there is a neckline with chitin hairs in the form of a crest. Using this cut, the bees clean the antennae. Bees very carefully monitor the purity of their antennae, since antennae is an important touch body.
- Middle paws are divided into movable segments, at the end there is a paw with claws. Thanks to this, the bees have the opportunity to move along the rough surfaces.
- There are baskets on the hind legs of the workers' bees where the bees place pollen. Drunk and uterus have no baskets, they do not need them. The uterus and drones are not engaged in the extraction of nectar and pollen. But the drones intensively monitor the cleanliness of their antennae, with their help they find a uterus for mating.
Sting
At the end of the abdomen, the bee hides a sting. With it, the insect is protected from enemies. The sting is a modified egg. Darney does not have this organ. The sting has a tank with poison, which is injected into the skin of the enemy. Young individuals who just flew out of the hive also do not have poison, it will form later.
The sting of the bee is very acute, it can break through a solid chitin cover. A bee can sting both a person and an animal. If the bee stings a person, then it dies, part of the abdomen breaks down with the sting. This is due to the presence on the pity of Zazubrin, which the bee cannot pull out of the skin after a bite. Therefore, the bee does not sting just like that, but uses its protection tool in extreme cases. You can learn more about this in more our article.
The bees have a respiratory, digestive, blood system developed.
The digestive system is divided into three departments. This is a mouth, a sip, esophagus, honey zobik, stomach, intestines. Honey goiter is a special body for processing and transporting nectar. It can contain the contents, almost equal to the weight of the bee.
Instead of blood, hemolymph bees - a colorless liquid. The heart is like an elongated tube in structure.
The Bee's respiratory system covers almost the entire body of the insect. Inhale and exhale is carried out thanks to numerous splashes located on the body.
Honey bees have a specific structure that helps them produce honey. No less interesting is the life and behavior of bees. These are smart and organized insects, it is interesting to observe their work and life.
Video: The structure and behavior of the honey bee
