Society in a Colony Buzz into your study of honeybees by helping children understand the roles within a bee colony. The queen bee lays up to 2,000 eggs per day to populate the hive. Thousands of workers attend the queen, nurse young bees, guard the colony, and supply food. Drones mature and mate with other queens. Draw a large hive on a sheet of brown bulletin board paper. Divide the hive into three sections and label them, from top to bottom, "Queen," "Drones," and "Workers." Then ...