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There can only be one queen in a hive.
If a hive becomes too crowded, the workers will prepare several queen brood cells and the queen will lay an egg in each. The workers will cover the egg with royal jelly -- this is what makes the difference between the larva developing into a queen rather than a worker.
After this, the queen and roughly half of the workers will leave the hive and look for somewhere else to form a hive. This is a swarm.
Eventually one of the queen cells will break open and a new queen will emerge. The first thing she will do is search out the other queen cells and sting them to kill the other developing queens. If two queens should emerge at the same time, they will fight until one is dead.
A few days later, the new queen will leave the hive on a mating flight, followed by the drones. After mating she will return to the hive and not leave it again unless with another swarm.
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How are queen bees poisonous?
Queen bees are not poisonous.
Why did the bees kill their queen?
Bees kill their queen because their queen might be to old or the queen might have a diesease
Which bees feed the queen bee?
Her attendants, which are worker bees.
Why do bees listen to the queen bee?
because shes the queen
Opposite of queen bee?
The queen bee is female, so are all worker bees. The male bees are called drones.
When do Queen bees decide to build a new hive?
When the old hive gets to crowded
How do you get queen bees?
you have to exterminate the working bees to get to the queen bees
Why is the queen bee the biggest bee in the hive?
because when two female bees are larvae the worker bees give them special "jelly" so that it will grow and fight to the death with the other bee to decide who will be the queen
How are queen bees poisonous?
Queen bees are not poisonous.
Are qeen bees poisenous?
Queen bees only sting other queen bees.
Can you get male Queen Bees?
No, all queen bees are female, as are all worker bees. The male bees are called drones.
Why did the bees kill their queen?
Bees kill their queen because their queen might be to old or the queen might have a diesease
When was Bracknell Queen Bees created?
Bracknell Queen Bees was created in 1987.
What lives with bees?
WASPS AND OTHER bees and queen bees
Do queen bees have poison?
Queen bees have the same ability to sting as worker bees. The big difference is that the queen's sting is smooth, so she can withdraw it easily.
Are queen bees white?
No, queen bees are usually the same colour as the rest of the colony.
Why do queen bees do all of the work?
The queen bees do not do work, besides laying eggs.
