Honeybees live together in large groups called colonies. They all have special jobs. There is only one queen, but many worker bees. The queen is the largest bee in the colony. A queen bee can lay up to 3,000 eggs in a single day.
Workers are the smallest bees in the colony.
One colony can have between 50,000 and 60,000 worker bees. Most worker bees have a life expectancy of 28 to 35 days. The buzzing sound is produced by the Honeybee's wings which stroke 11,400 each minute. Honeybees communicate by dancing. When a Honeybee wants to explain to other bees where a nectar and pollen resource is located, it does a dance which explains the direction and distance.