The fascinating life of the honey bee

WHEN you’re feeling that the world around you is chaotic and unpredictable, it can help to think about the highly organised and efficient world of the honey bee.

Honeybees are social insects, living in colonies of up to 70,000 bees, and each bee has its purpose — the hive runs very smoothly.

Within a beehive you have three types of honeybees, the queen, the worker and the drone.