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Three to four years per queen is the length of time that bees stay. A series of much shorter-lived drones (males) and workers (females) simultaneously occupy the colony thanks to the thousands of eggs -- from which larvae hatch in 3 - 4 days to emerge from cells as drones in 24 days, virgin queens in 15 days, and workers in 21 days -- that the queen produces during the nest's life cycle and natural history. All occupants voyage to and from the colony, with travel times being mission-defined and varying in stays from a few minutes to a few hours outside.

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