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.