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A queen bee will leave the hive a couple of days after she emerges from the brood cell in order to mate with several (up to 15) drones. She will then return to the hive and will not leave it again unless with a swarm, looking for a new home.

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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.


Why is the queen bee important in the hive?

Not really. Although the queen only mates once in her life -- about a week after emerging from the pupal cell -- it will be with anything up to 20 drones. She then stores the sperm received in an organ called the spermetheca, and these are used throughout her egg laying life.


How do you get a queen for your bee farm?

There are companies that will ship you some bees along with a queen. You could go to your local expert bee keeper (In the Utica NY area, John McDonald on Paris Hill Rd, Sauquoit) and ask them for queen bee advice, or you could hope that a swarm will enter you hive.


What happens to the hive when the queen bee dies?

If the queen dies suddenly, the workers will select one or more recently-laid eggs or very young larvae and feed them with royal jelly (a secretion of the workers' hyperpharyingeal glands) and build queen cells around them. These larvae then develop into new queens.When the first one emerges from her pupal cell she will seek out the other queen cells and sting through them to kill the other queens. A few days later she will go out on her mating flight, and on her return she will start egg laying for the colony.


How the female bee finds the the male bee whom she mates with?

actually, it's the other way around. what happens is quite simple really. the queen bee, who is the only bee that mates and is the mother of the hive, goes on what is called a mating flight and flies out of the hive and begins to fly around. the male bees, which are known as drones, then fly out of their hives and go to where the queen is at and begin to mate with her while flying high up in the air. the queen only needs to mate 5 or 6 times, although she can mate 10 to 12 times. after mating, the male dies. the queen then returns to her hive and stays there, for the most part, for the rest of her life.

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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.


Why is the queen bee important in the hive?

Not really. Although the queen only mates once in her life -- about a week after emerging from the pupal cell -- it will be with anything up to 20 drones. She then stores the sperm received in an organ called the spermetheca, and these are used throughout her egg laying life.


What bee lives in the bee hive?

Honey bee workers perform different tasks as they get older. They start by cleaning cells ready for the queen to lay in, then go on to feeding larvae and cleaning the hive. As their wax glands develop they move on to making comb, and storing pollen and nectar and making honey. When their venom glands develop they move on to guarding the hive entrance. At this time they also start making short exploratory flights around the hive to learn the location of the hive. After this, they start foraging for nectar and pollen, which they will do for the rest of their lives.


How do you get a queen for your bee farm?

There are companies that will ship you some bees along with a queen. You could go to your local expert bee keeper (In the Utica NY area, John McDonald on Paris Hill Rd, Sauquoit) and ask them for queen bee advice, or you could hope that a swarm will enter you hive.


How do you encourage a queen bee to leave a damaged hive?

You can't if there is brood there. You would have to trap her in a queen cage and put her in the new hive, then transfer as many of the other bees as possible. If the new hive is kept very close to the old site the remaining bees should go to the new hive by themselves within a few hours.


What types of bees are there in a single hive?

There is only one 'type' of bee in a hive; all are the direct descendants of the queen. All are genetically, brothers or sisters, except for the single queen. ( The males are for sexual purposes only, and then somewhere else; that is, they leavethe hive, and don't have a whole lot to do but breed once, if lucky, and then die, otherwise, they just die.) Any other bee who enters the hive will be either killed or wish that she were dead. It's what one could call a matrilineal society. And you really have to be close kin to even get in the door. The entire hive, except for the queen, who is hidden away and the primary contenuied existence of the hive, willl rush to defend against another 'type' of bee entering the hive. All would die guarding the enterance to the hive; with bees ever last one will go to the matresses for the hive. Except the queen of course, who just never really knows what is going on after she got started laying eggs. Bees are social insects; that's totally diffierent from social animals.


How do you get the Queen Bee Masterpeice on your Lego network?

To get The Queen bee master piece you have to have a hive module. If you give the module one day, 1 pollinated bee, and one mason jar. Once you have 20 honey pots go to bee keeper Bill. Become his friend. Then you can trade your 20 honey pots for the queen bee blueprint. Then gather everything needed and make it. My mln name is joelb0


What is a queen bee's diet?

Bees will drink nectar and eat pollen. Nectar brought back to the hive is converted into honey which is stored for food for when nectar is unavailable. Pollen returned to the hive is also stored for later consumption.


Where do queen honey bees go to mate?

in the hive


Where do queen honey bees go to meet?

They don't. Queen bees don't normally leave the hive, and there is only one in each hive.


What happens to the hive when the queen bee dies?

If the queen dies suddenly, the workers will select one or more recently-laid eggs or very young larvae and feed them with royal jelly (a secretion of the workers' hyperpharyingeal glands) and build queen cells around them. These larvae then develop into new queens.When the first one emerges from her pupal cell she will seek out the other queen cells and sting through them to kill the other queens. A few days later she will go out on her mating flight, and on her return she will start egg laying for the colony.


In virtual villagers the secret city how do you get the honey out of the bee hive?

you go to the torches by the hive and light them on fire then your person will go to the hive with the torches and calm them down but it might take a couple of tries for your person to get the honey