The bee is a fascinating creature that has piqued my interest since I was a child. As I discussed in my story, bees played an important role in my childhood. The two main types of bees that I remember from my childhood are the bumblebee and the honeybee. With all the plants and flowers in my garden, these two types of bees were scattered throughout my garden feeding and pollinating. To provide context to my story, I will talk about the bumblebee and the honey bee, as well as Africanized bees and what it means to have an allergic reaction to a bee sting. The first thing I'll talk about is the traditional bumblebee. When I think of bees, what comes to mind is the bumblebee. These bees were everywhere in my yard in the spring and through the summer. As we discussed in class, the bumblebee is a eusocial organism that lives in colonies made up of multiple castes to divide the tasks of the colony. They are very important pollinators for agriculture. Bumblebee species vary in how they store pollen and nourish developing larvae. Pollen stores accumulate pollen for later use, often reusing the released cocoons for this. The queen and workers feed each larva individually, opening the brood cells to regurgitate a mixture of pollen and nectar for them (Colla, Richardson, Williams. 2011). The common eastern bumblebee is referred to as Bombus impatiens (L). These are the type of bees I used to catch and keep in plastic bottles when I was a kid. They are not as aggressive as bees and will only sting you if they are disturbed. Since I was catching bees feeding on plant nectar, this would have been considered disturbing because I would have been stung even if I had been wearing gloves. Nectar is the first... center of the card... the Rican bees that my brother said were killers won't kill you with one sting, they just send more bees to attack you and that's how they got their nickname. The last thing I learned, and the most important, is that I did not have an allergic reaction to the bee sting. It was only a moderate reaction compared to the mild reactions I had experienced previously. Works Cited: Colla, Shelia. Richardson, Leif. Williams, Paul. 2011. Bumblebees of the eastern United States. Partnership with pollinators. 103- Horn, Tammy. 2008. Honey Bees: A History. New York Times Blog: Voeller, Dylan. No, James. 2005. Analysis of bee aggression.- Crane, E., 1990. Bees and beekeeping: science, practice and global resources. Ithaca, New York, Cornell University Press, 109-111.- "Allergic reactions to insect stings, bee stings." WebMD. WebMD, January 3, 2000. Web. March 12. 2014.