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The egg laying doesn't kill them, but most species only live long enough to lay their eggs. This is true of most species of organisms on the planet; they don't live past the time when they can reproduce. Butterflies have a limited number of eggs to lay, and when they've laid them, there is really nothing left for them to do.
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∙ 15y agoNo, Monarch Butterflies do not die after they lay their eggs. Adults can live anywhere from 2 to 6 weeks and will mate and lay eggs throughout most of this period. They die when they get old, like humans, and in many cases female still have eggs in their bodies when they do pass away, so they do not always get the chance to lay all of their eggs.
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∙ 13y agoaccording to wiki answers they do not die when they lay their eggs because they live up to 8 weeks and they will lay eggs several times before thy die.
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∙ 14y agoLadybugs do not die after laying their eggs.
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∙ 13y agoNo, because she is the main source of eggs.
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∙ 13y agoit is the life cycle of a butterfly
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What is the of the queen bee function?
The function of a queen bee is to lay eggs. She does no other work, and no other bees lay eggs. Without her there would be no young bees to replace the workers as they die, and the colony would soon die out.
Do bees give birth to live babies?
Yes, she can mate with up to six drones (males) a day, after that... they die. So, yes, the queen is the "mother" of the pack, literally! The queen bee does not give live birth. She lays eggs which hatch into larvae that eventually grow into mature bees.
Why bee communities need a queen bee?
The queen is the only female in the colony that has mated and only she can lay fertile eggs. Without a queen the colony is destined to die out within a generation.
How many eggs can a queen bee lay in one day?
At the height of the breeding season she can lay up to 2,000 eggs a day.A honey bee queen can lay up to 1000 eggs per day.
What is the bee's number of typical offspring?
During the winter the queen lays very few eggs, and the number of bees in the colony can fall to as low as 10,000, but during the summer when the colony is building up she can lay up to 2,000 eggs a day and there will be up to 60,000 bees. Bear in mind that in summer the lifespan of a worker bee is about six weeks, so in the average hive the queen would have to lay over a thousand eggs a day just to replace the workers that die.
Why do bees have queens?
It is part of their social structure. She is the only one to lay eggs so they would die without a Queen.
How long is a bee pregnant for?
After having sex with the male she rips off her wings and burrys her self into the ground. she is actually not pregnant. she hold the spem in a special sac/ organ and she fertalizes her eggs with it for the rest of her life. once in the ground she usually never returns to the surface. she starts laying eggs right away and lays about one a day. 10 days later they hatch and be come larva and start spinning their coccones. 25 days after they were layed they become fully working ants. They bring the queen food and work for her until they die. most worker ants only live for one to two week but the queen herself can live upto 30 years!
What happens to butterfly after she lays eggs?
Adult butterfly dies and eggs become larvae. :)
Will a bumble bee just die if the queen is dead?
No, the colony will try to create a new queen, but if they can't they the worker bees lay eggs but they will only be drones, so soon the colony will slowly die out.
What is the difference between the eggs of Queen bee and worker bee?
Firstly, both the queen and the workers are female. Only the drones are male. The queen is larger than the workers. She has been fertilized and is carrying sperm in order to fertilize eggs as she lays them (up to 2,000 eggs a day). Workers, although female, cannot lay eggs if there is a queen in the hive. Should the queen die, workers can start to lay eggs, but as they have not been fertilized these eggs can only develop into drones, so unless there is a developing queen cell the colony will eventually die out when there are insufficient workers to maintain the hive. A queen never leaves the hive other than to mate, or in a swarm, so she does not collect food. In fact, the workers have to feed her and take care of all her needs.
Does the queen bee die after she stings?
Yes, a bee does die, where as a wasp doesn't.
When a queen bee stings you do you die?
no. it will die. the sting on you will throb
