The diagram below shows the life cycle of the honey bee.

The given diagram illustrates the cyclical process of a kind of bee which produces honey from its condition in an egg to the matured form.

Overall

,

it is clear that

the natural growth of a honey bee is shaped by six stages.

Additionally

,

This

process takes approximately 34 to 36 cycles to be completed. Regarding to first half of the steps, in the beginning and after eggs are laid, 9 to 10

days

are needed for them to be hatched.

Thereafter

, a period of 5

days

is taken for the larva to get out of its eggshell and gain the ability to fly for the next 7

days

. Focusing on the rest of the stages,

while

the nymph is small in these 7

days

, it grows gradually in 9

days

, up to 3 times bigger than its

last

shape.

Moreover

, during

this

period, the nymph moult loses some feathers, hair and some part of its skin to open more room for

further

size increases to be fully adult.

Furthermore

, by the emergence of young bees, after 4

days

of maturity, the female bees gain the pregnancy ability and lay 2 eggs at maximum every three

days

and

this

cycle is restarted.