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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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