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Vet Clin North Am Food Anim Pract. 2021 Nov;37(3):387-400. doi: 10.1016/j.cvfa.2021.06.012.
Honey bees have evolved to use pollen, nectar, and water as their principal food sources. Their success is linked to the establishment of large colonies with one female reproductive member, three distinct social castes, a division of labor among workers, and genetically diverse subfamilies. Colonies also have the ability to recruit and communicate through complex mechanisms including dance language and pheromones. Pheromones produced by the queen maintain social order in the colony and ensure that she remains as the only female to lay eggs. Finally, honey bee colonies reproduce and disperse through a mechanism called swarming.
蜜蜂已经进化到以花粉、花蜜和水为主要食物来源。它们的成功与建立拥有一只雌性繁殖成员、三个不同社会阶层、工蜂分工以及基因多样化的亚科的大型群体有关。群体还通过复杂的机制，包括舞蹈语言和信息素来招募和交流。蜂王产生的信息素维持着群体内部的社会秩序，并确保它仍然是唯一产卵的雌性。最后，蜜蜂群体通过一种称为分蜂的机制进行繁殖和扩散。
