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Royal jelly Adult bees secrete this protein mix, and all young bees are fed a portion of it. But an exclusive diet of royal jelly can transform an ordinary bee into an egg-laying queen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Buzz on Bees | 10/29/2006 | See Source »

Inside a hive is a well-developed society, governed mainly by scent molecules, or pheromones. Each hive has one queen, about 500 male drones and up to 50,000 sterile female workers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Buzz on Bees | 10/29/2006 | See Source »

DRONES Live about six weeks Born to a soft life, the stingerless male bees' sole purpose is to conserve their energy and mate with a queen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Buzz on Bees | 10/29/2006 | See Source »

...QUEEN Lives one to two years Lays up to 2,000 eggs a day or 400,000 a year. Each colony can have only one queen, so she seeks out and destroys any rivals Wax walls Nectar transformed into honey Hatchlings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Buzz on Bees | 10/29/2006 | See Source »

...moves than they did a few years ago. Now at any party you’ll see people “Wacky Dip,” “Sesame Street,” and “Hot Wuk” as if it were tryouts for Dancehall Queen II. The latest of these dances has been the “Dutty Wine,” popularized by Tony Matterhorn’s hit of the same name. The video is straightforward: the opening scene sets the action at Montego Bay, Jamaica, 10:05, any given night. Tony Matterhorn...

Author: By Kimberly D. Williams, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Popscreen: Tony Matterhorn | 10/26/2006 | See Source »

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