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    • Many young worker honey bees in a hive.
    Rights: The University of Waikato Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato Published 6 June 2012, Updated 15 July 2019 Size: 1.7 MB Referencing Hub media

    Young worker honey bees do various jobs in the hive. When they are older, they go out and collect nectar and pollen – food for other bees and larvae.

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