In our garden there is a pot-pool for growing lotus which is filled with water and has moss on its ring. At times, I watch bees' behaviour and take photographs.
One day, a baby bee also came to pot and bigger bees became protective of the baby showing their social behaviour. (see inset micro-video of 2 seconds)
Honeybees, as social insects, are are known for construction of perennial colonial nests from wax and storing honey.
They work hard and go for surplus production and storage of honey in their hives as a prized foraging target of humans and many wild animals.
They have been domesticated for honey production and crop. Humans also value their hives for wax that is useful in making candles, soaps, lip gloss, and other products for make-up.
Honeybee colonies are established by a solitary mated queen and a large contingent of worker bees. They construct a new wax comb around the queen bee and begin to raise new worker brood to systematize the functioning of their colony.
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