Explain caste worker in apiculture.
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An agricultural caste is defined as one to the members of which agriculture is a. caste and/or traditional occupation
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Worker:- These are the smallest individuals type category. Numbers of this category is maximum in the hive. In this type of caste parts like wings & mouth are found to be very strong.
Some Important Information:-
- Mouth parts & legs are made so that they can suck the flowers nectar & also have ability to collect the pollen grains as well.
- In tibia specially in hind leg pollen basket is modified for the purpose of collection of pollen.
- At the base in 2nd to 5th abdominal segment some pocket like wax glands are available so that they can sterile females.
- Actually all these are developed by 32 set of chromosomes from fertilized eggs.
- As their role is of labour so they work hard this is the reason their life span is of just 6 - 8 weeks.
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