Honey Bees are about 15mm in length and are light brown in colour. Honey Bees are oval shaped with golden – yellow colours and brown bands. The body colour of Honey Bees does vary slightly between the species some have black bodies. The light and dark stripes serve a purpose for the survival of the Honey Bee, as the bright colours act as a warning  to predators to keep away as the Honey Bee has the ability to sting.

The head of the Honey Bee consists of the eyes, antennae and feeding structure. The eyes are a compound eye and the simple eye, the compound eye helps with the colour, light and direction from the suns  UV rays, while the function of the simple eye, helps determine the amount of light present. The antennas function is to smell and detect odour and the measure of flight speed.