A Bee's Home Inside the Hive

Honeybees live in hives where they store their honey. Each hive has a large group of 30,000 to 60,000 bees that make up their colony.

Honeybees naturally build hives in hollow trees or other sheltered places. Beekeepers provide wooden hives for bees to live in. Inside are wax combs produced by worker bees. Using their mouths, bees shape this wax. Each comb consists of hexagon wax structures called cells. Thousands of such cells make up each comb. Combs are where honeybees store their honey and pollen. Combs are also used as nurseries for developing bees.

Teamwork Makes the Dream Work

A honeybee colony consists of different bees, each with their own special job. Chart is shown below: