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What is the difference between the eggs of Queen bee and worker bee?
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∙ 13y ago
Firstly, both the queen and the workers are female. Only the drones are male.
The queen is larger than the workers. She has been fertilized and is carrying sperm in order to fertilize eggs as she lays them (up to 2,000 eggs a day).
Workers, although female, cannot lay eggs if there is a queen in the hive. Should the queen die, workers can start to lay eggs, but as they have not been fertilized these eggs can only develop into drones, so unless there is a developing queen cell the colony will eventually die out when there are insufficient workers to maintain the hive.
A queen never leaves the hive other than to mate, or in a swarm, so she does not collect food. In fact, the workers have to feed her and take care of all her needs.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 8y agoThe main difference is sex. Drones are male, their sole job is to fertilize the eggs of the queen. Workers are female, norminally, they could have been queens if that had been fed differently. For all intents, they really don't have a sex.
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∙ 14y agoThe queen is the only fertile female in a hive and her only purpose is to lay eggs.
A drone is a male bee and its only purpose is to mate with a virgin queen.
A worker is an infertile female and as its name suggests, does all the work for the hive. ie collects nectar and pollen, looks after young bees and keeps the hive clean. A worker also defends the hive against intruders - including humans.
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∙ 13y agoWorkers are sterile females. Only the queen bee can lay eggs.
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Why are queen ant eggs bigger than the worker ants egg?
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Why don't worker bees lay eggs?
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Which eggs hatch in to males and which into females in case of honey bees?
The unfertilized eggs of the queen bee hatch into male bees, or drones. Worker bees, or females, and female queen bees hatch from fertilized eggs.
Do worker bees also have babies?
No, that is the queen's job. Worker bees work. That is it. No.Incidentally, 'have babies' implies giving birth to live young. This does not happen with any bee -- the queen lays eggs.
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Why are most bees sterile?
The queen bee is the only fertile female in a colony and her sole purpose is to lay eggs. A workers job is to work and therefore there is no necessity for a worker to be fertile.
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.
What jobs does the Queen bee in the hive do?
Lay eggs. That's it, the worker bees do everything else. They even care for the queen's every need, cleaning and feeding her.
