HONEY BEE
Written By: Nejiya Israr
Class: V-Ayesha
House: Jinnah
Honeybee is an insect. It has head, abdomen and thorax. It is
yellowish black colour. There are many kinds of Honeybees. Some
insects are harmful for us but some are useful and honeybees are
useful insects. Honeybees wax is used in making candles, soap, lip
balms. Honeybees also collect honey from different types of
flowers. Honeybees suck the liquid nectar which is present in the
flowers by its sting then collect in the hives.
Three types of honeybees involve in making honey
for humans; they are workers, the queen and the drones.
Workers are common bees which we see around us. They
bring nectar from flowers in hive and protect it. The queens function
is to lay eggs that wire produce next generation of bees and also
guide the other bees. Male bees are called drones. Several drones
live in the hives. All bees live on stored honey.
Allah has create the honeybee to produce honey in which
benefit and cause for all human beings. Honeybee name is also
motioned in Quran Al-Nahl and making of honeybee is gift to human beings. Honey is a food of paradise also mentioned in
Quran. Honeybee does Allah and do their job very courageously in
the world by making a sweet honey and make our life and world so
sweetest.
Bees are said to be Allah’s miracles Surat-un-Nahl 68-69:
“And your Lord inspired the bee; set up hives in the
mountains and in the trees, and in what they construct.
Then eat of all fruits (and flower),and go along the
pathways of your Lord (for making of honey), with precision”
Allah says in Quran: “Indeed in that is a sign for a people
who give thought”. Here Allah asks us to think about honeybees
and their working.
Honeybees also teach us to rely Allah alone and stay efficient.
The Prophet of Allah also told about the benefit of Honey which is
prepared by honeybees. There is a “Shifa” in honey.