Goldwert Vol. 1
The Honeybee
indicator species
noun
a species who presence, absence, or relative well-being in a given environment is indicative of the health of its ecosystem as a whole
honey bee
noun
a stinging winged insect that collects nectar and pollen, produces wax and honey and lives in large communities. It was domesticated for its honey around the Neolithic period and is usually kept in hives.
drone
noun
a male bee in a colony of social bees, which does no work but can fertilize a queen
queen bee
noun
the single reproductive female in a hive or colony of honeybees
honeycomb
noun
a structure of hexagonal cells of wax, made by bees to store honey and eggs
pollen
noun
a fine powdery substance, typically yellow, consisting of microscopic grains discharged from the male part of a flower or from a male cone. Each grain contains a male gamete that can fertilize the female ovule, to which pollen is transported by the wind, insects or other animals.
If the bee disappears from the surface of the earth, man would have no more than four years to live.
— Albert Einstein
