bee colonies
Buzzing insect societies
Bee colonies are organized communities of bees living together, typically in a hive.
A colony includes a queen, workers, and drones, functioning as a single superorganism.
The term appears in discussions of agriculture, ecology, and environmental concerns: Bee colonies have been declining due to pesticide use.
Colony collapse disorder describes the mysterious disappearance of worker bees from hives.
- apiaryHive-keeping grounds
- bee boxManaged colony enclosure
- broodHatchlings as a group
- worker beeSterile female hive member
- busy beesExtremely active people
pollination · drone · pheromones · comb · pesticides · royal jelly · hive mind · division of labor · queen bee · beekeepers · nest building · swarming · hive · biodiversity · grooming behavior · temperature regulation · honey production · pollen basket
- beekeepingbeekeeping, apiculture, hive, apiary, apiaries
- superorganismsant colonies, Portuguese man-of-war, army ants, leafcutter ants, honeybees
- hive mindsBorg, collective consciousness, Flood, Unity
- kin selectionrelatedness, coefficient, nepotism, selfish gene, fitness
- farmingfarm, farms, farmer, farmers, crop
- orchardsorchard, apple orchard, orchards, citrus grove, olive grove