6 Be able to give an elementary description of the way in which the honey bee colony passes the winter.
Bullet Points
- Winter workers – large fat bodies, live for up to 6 months, cluster in a hive to retain warmth, vibrate wing muscles to generate heat
- Rotate positions to take turns on the colder outer edge of the cluster
- 10-20k workers over winter to regenerate colony in spring
- No drones
- Queen in centre of cluster
- Warmer days water and cleansing flights, water employed on stores