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When a new queen emerges from the pupal cell she will spend a few days in the hive, then after usually a week to ten days after emerging, on a fine, warm day she will leave the hive on a mating flight. She will usually fly at about ten metres above the ground towards an area where drones from the surrounding area congregate. The drones will start to pursue the queen at which point she will fly at an increasing altitude with the drones chasing her. Eventually she will be mated on the wing by several drones. After this she will return to the hive and will start laying eggs a couple of days later.
As a side point, we know about the drone congregation areas, but although successive generations tend to use the same areas we don't know why the drones choose these particular places to gather.
What else can I help you with?
Where do queen honey bees go to mate?
in the hive
Do queen bees mate outside the hive?
yeah they mate and generally they fight for their mates
How does the queen become the queen?
She is born a queen and different from other bees. She will leave her birth nest and mate, then start her own colony. All of the bees there are her children. :)
How many different jobs do bees have?
drones: mate with the queens. queen: mate with the drones make new bees. worker: they build , clean , protect hive , care for young and groom queen.
What is the honey bee's job?
the male honey bees mate with the new queen
What purpose do drones serve?
The only purpose of the drone bees is to mate with the queen.
How many times in life will bees mate?
When she is about five to seven days old a queen will leave the hive on a mating flight. She will mate with up to twenty drones then return to the hive. This is the only time she will mate. Worker bees are all female, but never mate. Drones (males) mate once only, then they die.
Which type of honey bees does not work?
The drones (male bees) don't work. Their only purpose is to mate with a virgin queen.
Are bees sexual creatures?
In that there are male and female bees, yes. The queen and all worker bees are female, and the drones are male, but the drones only mate with a queen, and the queen only mates once in her life, albeit with up to twenty drones. Drones mate only once -- they die afterwards.
Do male or female bees collect pollen?
Females, males are only meant to mate with the queen.
What is the name given to the bees that do not work?
Drones. Drones are male bees and account for about 1% of the bees in a honey bee colony. Their only purpose is to mate with a virgin queen.
What male Bees are known as?
Male bees are known as drones. They are larger than female worker bees and do not have stingers. Their main role is to mate with the queen bee.
