honeybees are social insects. they live and work together in large groups. they form a colony (groups) of thousands of bees. a single honeybee may live only a few weeks or months, but the colony may go on living for many years. one worker bee can do little by itself but the many thousands of workers in a colony, working as a groups, can do many things. They fly into the fields and woods to gather food and water. they build their own home in a box, a hollow tree, or a bee hive. they store honey and pollen and eat it in winter, just as squirrels eat the nuts they store. honeybees even air-condition their hive to .... it warm or cool