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Not necessarily. If the queen dies suddenly, the workers will build queen cells and transfer recently-laid eggs or very young larvae to them and will feed them on royal jelly. This will make them develop into new queens. They have about six days to do this as the egg hatches three days after it is laid, and all larvae are fed royal jelly for the first three days, but only queens are fed royal jelly after that time. If the queen had run out of sperm before dying and had become what is known as a 'drone layer' (unfertilized eggs develop into males) then this option is not available to the workers.
Workers bees are all females but the queen's pheromones suppress their ability to produce eggs. Once the queen has gone these pheromones disappear and workers can start to lay eggs. But the workers have never mated, so can only lay unfertilized eggs which will develop into males.
If the colony is unable to raise a replacement queen it is doomed to die out, though a beekeeper who spots the situation can produce a queen from another hive and introduce her to the queenless hive to save it.
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Which member of bee colony is the only one that lay eggs?
Only the Queen bee lays eggs. Most of them are for worker bees but occasionally they will be drones or a new Queen.
Does a bumble bee lay eggs?
The bumble bee queen lays eggs, but none of the other bumble bees in the colony do.
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)
What is a male and female bee?
A male bee is called a drone and an infertile female bee is called a worker. There will also be one fertile female bee in a colony - the queen.
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 would happen if the queen bee did not produce an important pheromone?
The bee colony would become disorientated and stressed and would eventually raise a new queen.
What would happen to a bee colony if there was no queen?
If the queen dies, under certain circumstances the bees can raise a new queen. If for any reason they are unable to do that, the colony will die out.
What would happen to a honey bee colony if there was no queen?
If the queen dies, under certain circumstances the bees can raise a new queen. If for any reason they are unable to do that, the colony will die out.
What is the largest bee in a colony?
a queen bee
What would happen if a scout bee did not do his job?
The queen bee would kill it with its stinger. Because that's what the job is of the queen.
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.
What would happen to a bee colony if there were no drones?
Drones are the male bees in a colony. Their only purpose in life is to mate with a virgin queen. If there were no drones, the colony would die out in exactly the same way that most other living creatures would die out if there were no males.
What bug lives in a colony with a queen?
There are a few types of bugs that live in a colony with a queen. The most common bug would be the ant. The queen is responsible in spawning more offspring for the colony. Another bug that lives in a colony with a queen is the bee.
Is the queen bee in charge of the colony?
Yes.
What would happen to a honey bee colony if there we're no drones?
Drones are the male bees in a colony. Their only purpose in life is to mate with a virgin queen. If there were no drones, the colony would die out in exactly the same way that most other living creatures would die out if there were no males.
Which member of bee colony is the only one that lay eggs?
Only the Queen bee lays eggs. Most of them are for worker bees but occasionally they will be drones or a new Queen.
How do queen bees effect humans?
They don't. A queen bee is basically an egg-laying machine within a colony of bees. In general, apart from a beekeeper, humans would have no contact with a queen bee.
