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1. There are three kinds of bees: the queen, the workers, and the drones.
2. The queen is the only bee to lay eggs in a hive. She can lay around 1,500-3,000 eggs per day and communicates with her hive with her unique scent called pheromones.
4. The drone bees are all male. Their job is to find a queen to mate with by flying to special congregation areas where they hope to meet a queen. Drone bees do not have stingers.
5. Bees have a terrific sense of time, distance, and direction. When a bee finds a new food source, it returns to the hive and commences a honeybee dance to indicate its location. By shaking its body and dancing, in reference to the position of the sun, the bee points the other bees in the right direction. The number of shakes and length of the dance indicate the distance to the source from the hive. The bees are able to calculate the most efficient route to their destination faster than computers.
6. Bees are the only insects in the world that make food that humans can eat. Honey is filled with natural preservatives, and bacteria cannot grow in it. On average, a single beehive can produce 27-45 kg (60-100 lbs) of honey each year, which is about two to three times more than they need to survive.
7. What else can you learn about bees?
Can you identify the what, why, when, and how of the beehive?
What is one fact about the bee and how does it relate to the principle of Wywow?
When a bee finds a new food source, it returns to the hive and commences a ‘honeybee dance’ to indicate where the source is located. Why is communication important before and during a task?
On average, a good size colony will produce about two to three times more honey than they need to survive. A single bee will only produce about 1/12 of a teaspoon during its lifetime. How can you relate this to the results of applying Wywow?
The queen is the only bee that lays eggs in a hive; she can lay around 1,500-3,000 eggs per day. The queen communicates with her hive using her unique scent called pheromones. How can you relate this to using Wywow when delegating? How do you know what to delegate? What is the difference between delegation and bossiness?