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The egg laying doesn't kill them, but most species only live long enough to lay their eggs. This is true of most species of organisms on the planet; they don't live past the time when they can reproduce. Butterflies have a limited number of eggs to lay, and when they've laid them, there is really nothing left for them to do.
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What is the of the queen bee function?
The function of a queen bee is to lay eggs. She does no other work, and no other bees lay eggs. Without her there would be no young bees to replace the workers as they die, and the colony would soon die out.
Do bees give birth to live babies?
Yes, she can mate with up to six drones (males) a day, after that... they die. So, yes, the queen is the "mother" of the pack, literally! The queen bee does not give live birth. She lays eggs which hatch into larvae that eventually grow into mature bees.
Why bee communities need a queen bee?
The queen is the only female in the colony that has mated and only she can lay fertile eggs. Without a queen the colony is destined to die out within a generation.
What is the bee's number of typical offspring?
During the winter the queen lays very few eggs, and the number of bees in the colony can fall to as low as 10,000, but during the summer when the colony is building up she can lay up to 2,000 eggs a day and there will be up to 60,000 bees. Bear in mind that in summer the lifespan of a worker bee is about six weeks, so in the average hive the queen would have to lay over a thousand eggs a day just to replace the workers that die.
How many eggs can a queen bee lay in one day?
At the height of the breeding season she can lay up to 2,000 eggs a day.A honey bee queen can lay up to 1000 eggs per day.
Why do bees have queens?
It is part of their social structure. She is the only one to lay eggs so they would die without a Queen.
How long is a bee pregnant for?
After having sex with the male she rips off her wings and burrys her self into the ground. she is actually not pregnant. she hold the spem in a special sac/ organ and she fertalizes her eggs with it for the rest of her life. once in the ground she usually never returns to the surface. she starts laying eggs right away and lays about one a day. 10 days later they hatch and be come larva and start spinning their coccones. 25 days after they were layed they become fully working ants. They bring the queen food and work for her until they die. most worker ants only live for one to two week but the queen herself can live upto 30 years!
What is the difference between the eggs of Queen bee and worker bee?
Firstly, both the queen and the workers are female. Only the drones are male. The queen is larger than the workers. She has been fertilized and is carrying sperm in order to fertilize eggs as she lays them (up to 2,000 eggs a day). Workers, although female, cannot lay eggs if there is a queen in the hive. Should the queen die, workers can start to lay eggs, but as they have not been fertilized these eggs can only develop into drones, so unless there is a developing queen cell the colony will eventually die out when there are insufficient workers to maintain the hive. A queen never leaves the hive other than to mate, or in a swarm, so she does not collect food. In fact, the workers have to feed her and take care of all her needs.
Will a bumble bee just die if the queen is dead?
No, the colony will try to create a new queen, but if they can't they the worker bees lay eggs but they will only be drones, so soon the colony will slowly die out.
How do bees work in their hive?
Bees work as a team so they get the work done for the queen the female bee is the worker and the drone bee is the male bee.The drone bee does no work but the worker bee does all the work.But when the queen and drones are laying down they die. also bee hives are made of wax from the bees abdomen[bottom].bees make the hive of a matter of plant and turn it to paste to build the nest.
Does the queen bee die after she stings?
Yes, a bee does die, where as a wasp doesn't.
When a queen bee stings you do you die?
no. it will die. the sting on you will throb
