The life of the worker bees in the summer lasts only 35-50 days. Young bees in the first 2-3 days of life resting, feeding honey and milk, and a 4-day lives themselves begin to feed honey bee larvae and pollen, which is taken from the stock, pending in the honeycombs. At this time the young bees are fed heavily on pollen and honey, so that they are rapidly developing pharyngeal gland, which produces the bee jelly. With the 5-6-th and 12-13th day of life, young bees are fed their milk very young larvae and the uterus.With the 10-day pharyngeal cancer bees begin to fade and soon cease to exist. In their stead are the wax glands, located on the abdomen of a bee among the 4 pairs. They secrete the wax on their surface, which solidify forms a thin plate. From 12 to 18-day life of bees engaged in the construction of the comb, using its wax plate. At the same age worker bees perform other work: involved in processing of nectar, are beginning to fly out of the hive, find the surrounding area, remember the place of his hive, and then proceed to gathering nectar, pollen, and continue this work until the end of his life.
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