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Busy bees

Many young worker honey bees in a hive.

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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Published: 6 June 2012Updated: 15 July 2019Size: 1.68 MB
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