The diagram below shows the life cycle of the honey bee.
Summarise the information by selecting and
reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
Write at least 150 words.
Sample
1:
The
chart illustrates the stages in the life of honey bees. Overall, this life
cycle is comprised of six stages, from eggs to fully mature bees, which take
approximately five weeks to complete.
The
first stage is when the female bee lays up to 2 oval eggs once every 72 hours.
These eggs hatch between nine and ten days later, and immature bees, called
nymphs, emerge, lacking the typical bee stripes.
Over the next 3 weeks, the nymphs experience
three moulting stages, that is, they shed their skins to allow further growth
to occur: The first moulting happening 5 days after the eggs hatch, a week
after which the second one takes place. Nine days later, the nymphs moult for a
third time, becoming young adult honey bees which are characterised by their
striped backs. These take four more days to mature into larger adult bees whose
backs are marked with bolder and darker stripes, and the cycle starts over
again.
Sample 2:
The diagram illustrates the various stages in the life of a honey bee. We can see that the complete life cycle lasts between 34 and 36 days. It is also noticeable that there are five main stages in the development of the honey bee, from egg to mature adult insect.
The life cycle of the honey bee begins when the female adult lays eggs; the female typically lays one or two eggs every 3 days. Between 9 and 10 days later, each egg hatches and the immature insect, or nymph, appears.
During the third stage of the life cycle, the nymph grows in size and sheds its skin three times. This moulting first takes place 5 days after the egg hatches, then 7 days later, and again another 9 days later. After a total of 30 to 31 days from the start of the cycle, the young adult honey bee emerges from its final moulting stage, and in the space of only 4 days it reaches full maturity.
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