Bees build structures called hives. Bees live in these hives and store food there. The hive cells are also used to house developing bee larvae.
Bees help pollinate plants so they can reproduce. There are three different kinds of bees, and the queen bee is the largest. Bees keep their honey in their hives.
Bees develop and mature in cells in a beehive. Bees also use these cells to store honey for the winter months when nectar is scarce and plants and flowers aren't blooming.
Adult darkling beetles mate and lay eggs. Mealworm larvae hatch from these eggs. The larvae pupate and emerge as the adult darkling beetles.
There are three kinds of bees in a colony: the queen, workers, and drones. The queen bee is the largest bee and her only purpose is to mate with the drone bees and lay eggs. Drones are male bees and their sole job is to mate with the queen. Workers are sterile females, meaning they can't lay eggs. Worker bees collect nectar and food for the queen and her developing larvae and protect the hive. Bees perform dances to tell other bees where and how far away food is located.
Silkworm larvae spin silk cocoons to live in while they go through metamorphosis. They change from silkworm larvae into white silk moths. The silk cocoons are valuable to humans and can be made into silk fabric.
Silkworm larvae hatch from eggs. They have 13 segments, split up into the head, thorax, and abdomen regions. The walking legs are on the thorax region and the prolegs are on the abdomen region. The larvae have a false eye on one of the segments to appear larger, spiracles on each segment to breathe through, and spinnerets to spin silk with near the head.
Adult silkworms lay eggs to reproduce. Silkworm larvae hatch from these eggs. The larvae constantly eat only one thing- mulberry leaves. The larvae will spin silk cocoons for metamorphosis. The adults mate after emerging from the cocoon and the female will lay many small eggs.
Silkworm moths are the adult form of silkworm larvae. They emerge from the silk cocoons to mate. Mating is their only purpose and they do not eat or drink water. The females will lay hundreds of tiny white eggs.
Adult silkworm moths lay eggs to reproduce. The eggs hatch into silkworm larvae. The larvae spin silk cocoons and use them as they change from larvae to silkworm moths. Silkworm larvae exclusively eat mulberry leaves and their cocoons are used by human to make silk products such as silk fabric.
Adult waxworm moths lay eggs. The eggs hatch into waxworm larvae. The larvae pupate and spin cocoons in which metamorphosis occurs. The waxworms emerge from the cocoons as adult greater waxworm moths. Adult waxworm moths can take over weak beehives and lay their eggs there. The larvae will eat the wax hives and destroy them.
