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Which egg of honey bees hatch in to male and which in to female?
The unfertilized eggs of the queen bee hatch into male bees, or drones. Worker bees, or females, and female queen bees hatch from fertilized eggs.
Which eggs hatch in to males and which into females in case of honey bees?
The unfertilized eggs of the queen bee hatch into male bees, or drones. Worker bees, or females, and female queen bees hatch from fertilized eggs.
How long are female honey bees pregnant?
Honey bees queens lay eggs, they do not bear live young so can't be said to be pregnant.
Do all female bees lay eggs?
The queen bee lays eggs. No other bee in the colony does.
What does a female wasp do?
A female wasp lay eggs and also they are worker bees which they are called queens.
Which bees lay eggs?
If by "which bees" you mean which sub-species or type of bee then the answer is: all of them. Honey bees, bumble bees, miner bees - the lot. If however you mean the sex or caste of bee then the simple answer is that it is the queen bee - which is a female - who lays eggs. But there is a more complex answer that is more accurate. If we think about honey bees then the worker bees - who are also female - are physically able to lay eggs too. However, their eggs can only hatch into male bees (drones) and their inclination to lay is usually hormonally suppressed when a fertile queen is present.
What are female bees that cannot reproduce called?
Within a bee colony only the queen will lay eggs. The worker bees are all female but do not lay eggs. The male bees are called drones.
Does a bumble bee lay eggs?
Yes, female bumble bees do lay eggs. The queen bee lays eggs that hatch into worker bees, drones, and future queen bees. The eggs are laid in cells within the bee colony.
What does a wasp do?
A female wasp lay eggs and also they are worker bees which they are called queens.
What are the differences between male and female honey bees?
Male honey bees, also known as drones, are larger than female honey bees, which are worker bees and queens. Drones do not have stingers and their main role is to mate with the queen. Female worker bees are smaller and have stingers for defense. Queens are the largest bees in the colony and are responsible for laying eggs.
How many eggs hatch into males and female in honey bees?
Around 1% will be drones (male bees). The others will be workers (infertile females).
Three types of bees in each colony?
In a colony there is one queen, who lays all the eggs; up to 300 males, called drones, whose only purpose is to mate with new queens, and up to 60,000 workers, all female. The workers do all work in the colony and all the foraging though, despite being female, don't lay eggs.
