1Department of Agronomy, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan (Deemed to be University), Bhubaneswar - 751 030, Odisha, India, E-mail: kumargiri@soa.ac.in
2Department of Entomology, College of Agriculture, Parul University, Vadodara, Gujarat, India, E-mail: roma.tandel33728@paruluniversity.ac.in
3Department of Biotechnology and Microbiology, Noida International University, Greater Noida, Gautam Buddha Nagar - 201 310, Uttar Pradesh, India, E-mail: dharamsheel.shrivastava@niu.edu.in
4Department of Pharmacology, Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences, Krishna Vishwa Vidyapeeth “Deemed to be University”, Karad, Satara - 415 539, Maharashtra, India, E-mail: pvpakale@gmail.com
Krishna Institute of Science and Technology, Krishna Vishwa Vidyapeeth “Deemed to be University”, Karad, Satara - 415 539, Maharashtra, India
*Corresponding authors’ E-mail: wasim.bagwan16@gmail.com
Online published on 18 February, 2026.
This study examines how honeybees arrange their social life, distribute their labour and make group choices. Honeybee colonies are therefore quite successful as their sophisticated mechanism for allocating tasks divides effort. Working bees progress to different works depending on their age. Older bees search for food; younger bees tend to brood. Other pheromonal signals and the waggle dance enable bees to more effectively locate food share resources and swarming. By selecting fresh nest sites close by, they keep the colony alive. Studies have revealed that beekeepers carryout various activities to strengthen bee colonies by young care, and resource sharing. Understanding how honeybees communicate with one another helps one to ensure that they keep contributing to world ecosystem and agriculture.
Altruism, Brood care, Caste system, Colony, Communication, Cooperation, Division of labour, Drones, Eusociality, Foraging, Honeybees, Pheromones, Queen, Swarming, Waggle dance
