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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.
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∙ 10y agoMost worker bees and solder bees are sterile to keep the hierarchy established. Only the queen can lay eggs.
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Why worker bees are sterile?
Worker bees are female bees who are sterile. They are sterile because they have no need to breed and are not sexually mature. In order to become a queen bee, a female is selected by the worker bees and fed a special diet to make her sexually mature.
What kind of bees do not work?
The above is WRONG, worker bees are the sterile female bees that do do all the work. The bees that do no work in the hive are the male "drone" bees that the hive produces each summer. They have one function only, to mate with new queen bees.
How do bumble bee's reproduce?
Bumblebees reproduce sexually. Out of the entire hive of bees, there is a single fertile female called the queen and generally several fertile males called drones. The majority of the hive are sterile female bees, called 'worker bees'.
What is a mama bee called?
In a beehive, only the drone bees are male and they are only produced in sumer. All the reset of the bees are female and all but one of these bees (called worker bees) are effectively sterile. The bee which is the mama of the hive, the one which lays all the eggs is called the "Queen" bee.
Why is the reason that a Mule and Liger are sterile?
Yes, a Tigon or Liger is Sterile, Just like a Mule. Most Cross-species are sterile.
What is the difference form a sting bee and a non sting bee?
A bee's stinger is modified ovipositor, the organ that a female bee uses to lay eggs. For worker bees, which are sterile, their ovipositor has evolved into a stinger only. For queen bees, the stinger does double duty as a stinger and an egg layer. Bees without stingers are most likely male. If there exists species of stingless bees, then the ovipositor did not evolve into a stinger organ for those species.
How many female bees in a hive?
All bees in a hive are female. The workers are sterile females. The only time there are males is in the spring when there is a new queen to be serviced.There are usually more than 1 million bees in a hive.
What organisms cannot reproduce both sexually and asexually?
sterile worker bees,mules,etc....i need some more examples other than these......
What insects most closely resemble bees?
The closest in appearance to bees (bumble bees and honey bees) are the wasps and hornets, but their lifestyles are completely different.
What part of human body is most sterile?
Ear
What insects carry pollen?
Well, for one, the most common are bees.
Do bees live in the arctique?
Bees can be found in most places but not the Arctic or Antarctic.
