Worker bees are all female and do many different jobs in the hive throughout their short life. Did you know that most worker bees live for around 6 weeks in the summer and they change their role within the hive frequently? Worker bees spend about half their time as a house bee and the other as a field bee. House bee roles include cleaning, nursing, undertaker, architect, builder, temperature-controller, guard, honey-maker and more! Then she graduates to a field bee and that is when she leaves th