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Around five to seven days after a new queen emerges from the pupal cell she will leave the hive. Drones (males) flying in the area are attracted to her by pheromones she gives off and they will chase her as she flies higher and higher. She will mate on the wing with any drone that catches up with her and she stores the sperm in an organ called the spermetheca. When mating has finished, as the drone pulls away his genitalia are broken off and the drone dies. The queen then removes the drone's genitalia ready for the next drone.
The queen will mate with between five and 20 drones until her spermetheca is full. She then returns to the hive ready to begin egg laying. This store of sperm is for the rest of her life. She will never mate again.
As the queen lays an egg in a cell she will usually release one or two sperm with the egg, fertilizing it. A fertilized egg will result in a female (all worker bees are female), but if she chooses not to fertilize the egg it will develop into a male.
Because of this mechanism, all females (workers and new queens) are diploid (genes from both parents), and have 32 chromosomes (16 pairs) but males (drones) are haploid (genes from the mother only) with only 16 chromosmes.
Food for thought: male bees don't have a father, but they do have a grandfather...
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How does a bird and a insect help a plant with its process?
Humming bird and honey bee help in the pollination of plants.
Is honey bees faeces?
NO! Honey is made from nectar which is collected from flowers. It has been stored in a special nectar stomach, then regurgitated back at the hive. It has not passed through the bee's gut.
What is the binomial nomiclature for a honey bee?
Apis mellifera mellifera -- Western/European honey beeApis mellifera cerana -- Oriental honey beeApis mellifera ligustica -- Italian honey beeApis mellifera iberiensis -- Spanish honey beeApis mellifera scutellata -- African honey bee
Which spices of honey bees give the best products?
Research has shown that the highest production figures come from a bee that is a cross between the European honey bee (apis mellifera mellifera) and the African honey bee (apis mellifera scutella). However that cross produces what has become known as the 'killer' bee, because they are less docile and more likely to sting. On balance, this disadvantage outweighs any production advantage so beekeepers tend to use the pure European honey bee.
What is a honey stomach of a bee?
A honey stomach of a bee is a specialized organ that allows bees to store nectar collected from flowers. This nectar is then transported back to the hive where it is converted into honey by enzymes produced in the bees' bodies. The honey stomach plays a crucial role in the honey-making process.
What Is the process of rearing of honey bees called?
bee keeping
What is process of rearing honey bees for honey and wax called?
Apiculture or just bee-keeping .
What is Wisconsin state insect?
the honey bee
What do honey bees reproduce?
Honey bees reproduce through a process called sexual reproduction. The queen bee mates with several drones during a nuptial flight, storing their sperm to fertilize her eggs. She lays eggs that develop into worker bees, drones, or new queens.
What is the western honey bee related to?
a normal honey bee a bee
What is the common name of the Killer Bee?
The Africanized honey bee. Euorpean honey bees were breed with African honey bees, creating a hybrid bee known as the Africanized honey bee, or killer bee.
What does a rose flower give to a honey bee?
When a honey bee goes to a flower, it goes to collect the pollen. This is called mutualism between the two species because they are both helped by their interaction. The bee gains pollen in which it can create honey, a food source. The flower gets its pollen transported to other flowers which can help the reproduction of its species.
Use in honey-bee in sentence?
I hope that that bee is not an Africanized honey bee.
What is the honey bees common name?
Honey bee IS the common name of the honey bee. The scientific name of the western honey bee is Apis Mellifera.
What does D'vorah mean in Hebrew?
Dvorah (דבורה) = "honey bee"
What are the waste products of honey bee?
wastes honey bee
What class is a honey bee in?
The class of the honey bee is insecta.
