The provided picture illustrates the development of the honey bee, from birth to maturity.
Overall, it is evident that the natural process encompasses 6 main stages, initiating from breeding to fully formed adult bees. Additionally, it is also noticeable that this process follows a cyclical path.
Looking at the diagram in more detail, in the first stage of the cycle, the female bees reproduce and lay around 1 to 2 eggs in a period of three days. In the following 10 days, the eggs hatch and the nymph will come out of the cell. Subsequently, the nymph will gradually increase in size in three distinct periods, which are after 5, 7 and 9 days, one after another, during this time they molt three times.
After the molting process, there will be the emergence of young honey bees. Then, it takes these emerging adult bees 4 days to become mature and fully formed, the cycle ends after 34 to 36 days and becomes a new one afterwards.
