workers. Early in the worker's career, she exudes wax from the space between her abdominal segments. Four sets of wax glands, situated inside the last four ventral segments of the abdomen, produce wax for comb construction.

Guard bee (18-21)

Worker bees can perform guard duty at the front entrance, when their stinger is mature, to protect the colony from robbing.

Foraging bees (days 21-42)

The forager and scout bees travel up to 3 km to a nectar source,

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