Talk:Worker bee

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Hi guys,

I didn't get a chance to read this page in full, but just from the introduction, I noticed there are some factual errors.

      In the first few lines, it is stated that "worker bees are bees that can no longer reproduce".  This is not at all true.  Worker bees are a seperate caste of bees that are not generally required to reproduce at any time in their life cycles, not 'retired' reproducing bees.  Workers can occasionally lay eggs, but this only occurs in extreme cases when the hormonal balance of the hive is upset (usually in response to a failing queen)  and is by no mean a normal part of a worker's duties.  
      Further down into the introduction, the author lists the gestation times for different stages of bee development.  Some of these, the pupal stage most notably, have the incorrect number of days attributed to the, 
      I wanted respond to this because these are fairly major point to have gotten wrong.  Perhaps this article should be flagged as having 'information under dispute', or in need of being corrected, just so people reading it will know not to rely entirely on this information since, if the introduction is of any indication, it has a number or important errors. 

       Also, and this isn't quite as important, the introduction is almost entirely devoid of any paragraph structure at all.  The author jumps from point to point without any logical progression.  He/she also included a number of details that are far too specific to be included in an introduction.  Given the poor writing and the high number of errors, this article may need a full rewrite.

       If anyone else notices other factual errors, please list them here so that whoever decides to correct this page will know which areas require the most work.