Up to 80000 at the height of the season.
20,000 to 50,000 worker bees, all female in one hive on its own.
Usually about half of the bees in the hive leave in a swarm. The average hive can peak at around 60,000 bees, so it is reasonable to expect a swarm to be anything up to about 30,000 bees.
Bumblebees reproduce sexually. Out of the entire hive of bees, there is a single fertile female called the queen and generally several fertile males called drones. The majority of the hive are sterile female bees, called 'worker bees'.
Bees kill other bees to protect the hive or to steal honey from other hives through a hole in the hive.
A hive is a home in which bees are kept.
Bees: /bees/ Beehive: bee/hive
Bees in one hive typically do not communicate with bees from another since they usually will not allow bees from another hive to enter their own hive.
There is only 1 queen bee in th hive.
20,000 to 50,000 worker bees, all female in one hive on its own.
60,ooo to 100000
Usually one
Usually about half of the bees in the hive leave in a swarm. The average hive can peak at around 60,000 bees, so it is reasonable to expect a swarm to be anything up to about 30,000 bees.
It varies ! Hives don't contain a specific amount of bees. Depending on the size of the hive... anywhere from a few hundred to many thousands.
Under normal circumstances, there will only be one queen in a hive,
Bees
Bumblebees reproduce sexually. Out of the entire hive of bees, there is a single fertile female called the queen and generally several fertile males called drones. The majority of the hive are sterile female bees, called 'worker bees'.
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