The diagram illustrates the stages involved in the cycle life of the honey bee.
From an overall perspective, it is evident that the cycle comprises six consecutive steps in total, commencing with the hatching of eggs and culminating in the laying of the new eggs by the female bees.
To begin with, the life of the bee begins with the eggs hatching after a period of approximately nine to ten days. In the following five days, the baby bees develop in size and first moult, marking a series of significant transformations throughout the cyclical process. Continuing on, the bees experience their second moulting in the subsequent seven days and their wings are formed during this stage.
In the remaining phase, the bees keep on growing considerably larger in the nine-day timeframe until the young adult bees emerge. Following that, it takes bees four days to completely transform into the mature bees, which are fully developed in their functions and size. Finally, the female bees lay one to two eggs every three days prior to which point they are capable of laying eggs again and thereby restarting a new 34-36 days life cycle.