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Not necessarily. For honey bees new queens are produced any time from spring to late summer, and they will mate about a week after they emerge from the pupal cell.
With bumble bees, new queens are produced towards the end of summer and they will mate before cold weather comes, then hibernate through the winter.
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∙ 6y agoA virgin queen honey bee will leave the colony on a mating flight a few days after she emerges from her pupa state and will mate with several drones. This is the only time in her life when she will mate.
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∙ 6y agoA queen bee mates with a drone when the hive needs a new queen.
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