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Stages in queen bee's life cycle:
* Open cell:
+ Egg: 3 days
+ Larva (4moults): 5 days
*Sealed cell:
+ Larva / Pro-pupa (1 moult): 2 days
+ Pupa(1 moult): 6 days
* From egg to emergence: 16 days
* After emergence:
+ Summer bee: c. 3 years
+ Winter bee: ditto
Functions of the queen:
* Day 1: On hatching, may kill sealed queens (may swarm).
* Day 3 - 5: Orientation flights.
* Week 1 - 3: Mating flights.
* Year 3 - 5:
+ Start laying 2 - 4 days after mating.
+ Produce pheromones (chemical messengers) that inform the colony of her presence and inhibits queen raising.
+ If the queen dies (or is removed) or is old, the workers can produce queen from fertilized eggs.
+ Queens are produced when the colony swarms.
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