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A honey bee queen can live for four or five years but beekeepers usually replace them after two years.

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How long does the king bee live for?

There is no "King Bee" The leader of a Bee Colony would be the Queen. And the average life expectancy would depend on the specific species of bee.


Life span of the queen bee?

The Queen bee will live for 4 - 5 years


Does it hurt when the queen bee has her babies?

The queen bee doesn't have live babies - she lays eggs.


How long can can a queen bee live?

She could live anything up to five years, but three is probably nearer the average.


How long does the queen bee live after she lays eggs?

A queen honey bee can live anything up to five years and she will lay eggs right up to her death. If the queen's egg laying declines too much for the colony, they will replace her. Queens of other species of bee (bumble bee, solitary bees and so on) are hatched and mated in the autumn/fall, hibernate over the winter, then will live until the end of the following summer.


What is a male bee called whose sole function is to mate with the queen?

A male bee is a drone and a female bee is either a queen or a worker. (See Related Link below)


How long do queen bees stay alive?

On average, a queen bee can live for about 2-3 years. However, some queen bees have been known to live for up to 5 years in exceptional cases. The lifespan of a queen bee depends on various factors such as genetics, nutrition, and environmental conditions.


Where does a queen bee live?

A queen bee lives in the middle or deepest part of the beehive, where she produces the eggs that will hatch into new bees.


Why are bees called social insects?

bees live in colonies or groups. each colony has a queen bee and a drone bee and many worker bees. the queen bee lays eggs with the help of drone bee and the worker bees look after them.


What is a Queen bee called?

just a queen bee


How many times does a Queen Bee live?

Everything lives only once.


What are the physical features of a queen bee?

The queen be stands out from all the other bees. They are black and yellow and live upto 4-5 years. They can sting more then once and are the mother of all bees. Their is only one queen bee and she is the most perfect bee of the hive. The queen bee stands out from all the other bees and has the largest abdomen.