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The only males in a bee colony are the drones.
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What is the name given to the bees that do not work?
Drones. Drones are male bees and account for about 1% of the bees in a honey bee colony. Their only purpose is to mate with a virgin queen.
Can you get male Queen Bees?
No, all queen bees are female, as are all worker bees. The male bees are called drones.
Opposite of queen bee?
The queen bee is female, so are all worker bees. The male bees are called drones.
How do you get queen bees?
you have to exterminate the working bees to get to the queen bees
Are there female bees around besides the queen bee?
It used to be thought that the queen bee ruled the hive, rather like human monarchs, though this is not really true. The queen is not the only female in the hive: all worker bees are female, though the queen is the only one that lays eggs.
What is the female of drone?
The drone bees are the males in the colony. All the females, except one, are workers. The exception is, of course, the queen. Drone is often used to refer to the male of some insect societies, bees and ants being the primary ones. The opposite gender would be the queen. The drones fertilize the queen and she lays eggs for the colony. Female wasps and bees are the queen and the workers. The drones are the only males. The queen and all workers are female.
What is a high-protein substance secreted by worker bees and fed to a queen bee and female larvae that develop into queen bees?
Royal jelly is what it is called
How are queen bees poisonous?
Queen bees are not poisonous.
Are qeen bees poisenous?
Queen bees only sting other queen 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 female bee called?
A female bee is called a queen or worker. Male bees are drones (their sole responsibility is to mate with the queen).
What is the name for female and male bees?
Male bees are called drones and females are workers.
