INSIDE THE HIVE

Colonies

Honey bees live in colonies that are most often maintained by beekeepers. The modern beehive is made up of a series of boxes placed on top of one another. Frames are then placed in these boxes for the bees to build up the wax honeycomb. A colony generally contains one "queen" breeding female, a few thousand male "drones" and a large population of sterile female "worker" bees.