Honey bees are living things, and understanding their biology helps us to know why they do what they do. And understanding your bees can help you to better manage your bee colonies for health and productivity.

0:00 – Introduction
1:17 – The Bee Colony as a super organism
6:23 – The Three Bees
12:41 – The Queen Bee
18:23 – Raising Queens
22:05 – Drones Bees & Mating Biology
28:47 – Worker Bee Development
32:55 – Worker Bee Anatomy
45:30 – Pollination Biology
49:03 – Colony Thermoregulation
51:50 – Pheromone Communication
57:07 – Dance Communication
58:32 – Forging Behavior
1:00:16 – A proportional Comparison

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