STUDENT NAMES: Shilpashree, Barathi, Lekhana, Lilavathi, Mahitha.

COLLEGE: CMR National PU, ITPL, Bangalore.

SPECIMEN’S NAME: Honey Bee[ APIS INDICA ]

ORDER: Hymenoptera

CLASS: Insecta

PHYLUM: Arthropoda

Specimen collected at : Class

Specimen Observed at : CMR National PU, ITPL, Bangalore on 23rd Feb 2019

I & my friends collected a bee which was already dead fallen at our class. Then we took it to see under foldscope. We dissected the honey bee’s leg, wings & eyes to see it under the microscope. We also prepared slides, where we had lot of fun.

Honey Bee is a social insect, and three distinct morphological forms (members) can be identified in colony of bees. These are queen, workers &drone.

The picture below shows the different parts of worker bee observed under foldscope.