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When the queen bee dies one of the worker bees feeds a larvae some royal jelly and the larvae becomes the queen
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When do Queen bees decide to build a new hive?
When the old hive gets to crowded
Does the new queen of bees go and make a new hive?
Actually it is the old queen that goes with a swarm, leaving developing queen larvae and young house bees (workers) in the old hive to start a new colony.
How many female bees in a hive?
All bees in a hive are female. The workers are sterile females. The only time there are males is in the spring when there is a new queen to be serviced.There are usually more than 1 million bees in a hive.
Do bees rule?
Queen bees rule the hive.
How many queen bees are there in hive?
There is only 1 queen bee in th hive.
How do you encourage a queen bee to leave a damaged hive?
You can't if there is brood there. You would have to trap her in a queen cage and put her in the new hive, then transfer as many of the other bees as possible. If the new hive is kept very close to the old site the remaining bees should go to the new hive by themselves within a few hours.
Do queen bees leave the hive?
Yes to find a new place to build a hive when the old one is no longer viable.
What do female bees do in the hive?
female bees make honey and do other things in the hive Answer: With the exception of a few male (drones) in the hive all bees in a hive are female. They do all the work. The only task the males have is to mate with the new queens if the hive swarms or if the present queen dies
How many queen bees will be in a hive?
Under normal circumstances, there will only be one queen in a hive,
Where do queen honey bees go to meet?
They don't. Queen bees don't normally leave the hive, and there is only one in each hive.
What kind of bees do not work?
The above is WRONG, worker bees are the sterile female bees that do do all the work. The bees that do no work in the hive are the male "drone" bees that the hive produces each summer. They have one function only, to mate with new queen bees.
Where is the queen bee usually?
The queen bee is normally in the hive producing eggs which later turn into bees. She is also yes in the hive but telling the worker bees what to do.
