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A new queen can actually be raised from any female egg. Whether an egg develops into a worker or a queen depends on how the larva is fed. From hatching, all larvae are fed on a highly nutritious substance, called bee milk or royal jelly, produced from special glands in worker bees for two or three days. Workers (and drones -- the males) are then weaned off on to a mixture of honey and pollen. But if the larva is destined to become a queen it will continue to be fed on royal jelly until it pupates. The richness of the diet trips developmental 'triggers' and the larva develops into a queen rather than a worker.
One other difference: the workers will build a special 'queen cell' around the developing queen larva. This is much larger than the normal worker cell and stands proud of the comb.
Should a queen die suddenly. the workers will simply 'promote' a selected worker egg and develop it into a new queen.
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Opposite of queen bee?
The queen bee is female, so are all worker bees. The male bees are called drones.
What is a female bee called as?
The femal bee is called the drones or the worker queen!
Does the queen bee kill the boys?
No. The drones (male bees) are ejected from the colony at the end of the breeding season by the worker bees (infertile females).
What is the name of a female bee worker?
The male workers are called 'drones', females are simply called 'female worker bees'.
Which bees feed the queen bee?
Her attendants, which are worker bees.
What is the verb for bee?
The feminine of a bee is a worker bee. A male bee is a drone. All hives have one queen bee in charge.
What is the difference between the queen bee and the guard bee?
The difference between the queen bee and a worker bee is if u look in between their eyes, it should have a black or yellow nose between their eyes. If it is yellow its and guard bee if it is yellow its a queen bee.
What the gender of worker bee?
Worker bees are female bees, but they do not have the reproductive capabilities possessed by the Queen.
What does a queen bee look like?
A queen bee is larger than worker bees and has a longer abdomen. She also has a more elongated and rounded shape compared to worker bees. Queen bees are usually the only ones in the hive that have fully developed ovaries for egg-laying.
What is gender of bee?
Females are the Queen and the worker bees.Males are the drones.
Is the worker bee the only one who survives the winter?
No. The only bee that survives the winter is the new queen.
What are the differences between the queen bee the worker bee and the drone?
It all depends on whether the queen fertilizes the egg or not. Fertilized eggs will develop into females (workers or another queen), and unfertilized eggs will develop into males (drones). This decision is made by the queen depending on the size of the cell into which she lays the egg. Drone cells are slightly larger than worker cells.
