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Buzzing Order

FROM TOP: DORLING KINDERSLEY/GETTY IMAGES; HEMERA—GETTY IMAGES; JAMES ROSS—GETTY IMAGES.

Bees work as a team. This helps the colony survive. Different bees have different jobs. Each job is important.

Each hive has one queen bee. She is the biggest bee. She is the only bee that lays eggs.

Worker bees make food. They build the hive. They guard it. They look after baby bees.

Drone bees are male bees. They do not work. They mate with the queen bee.