Honey bees are the most familiar members of the order hymenoptera. Honey bees are highly specialized insects both in structure and habits. They are social insects living in colonies and exhibiting polymorphism and division of labour. A colony of honey bees consists of three kinds of individuals or castesQ.. 1Workers - Sterile females. Smallest member of the colony & makes up the largest number of \ colony individualsQ.. 2Drones - Fertile males. There are usually 100 drones in a typical colony depending upon the season of the yearQ.. 3Queen - Fertile female. Queen is the only fertile female in a beehive having immensely developed ovaries. She alone lays eggs and is the mother of almost all the members of the hive. Hence, population of an average sized colony consists of one adult queen, about 100 drones & 60, 000 workers.