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Although worker bees are also female, they are sterile because they don't mate with drones.
Normally a queen emits a pheromone which inhibits workers from egg-laying. If the queen dies, after a few days some workers may start to lay eggs, but these can only hatch into drones.
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What are female bees that cannot reproduce called?
Within a bee colony only the queen will lay eggs. The worker bees are all female but do not lay eggs. The male bees are called drones.
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.
Why don't worker bees lay eggs?
Although worker bees and queen bees are all females, the queen bee releases a pheromone which causes the worker bees to be infertile. This is because the queen bee is the only one who can lay eggs in the colony. She wants to keep the workers under her control.
Are there female bees around besides the queen bee?
It used to be thought that the queen bee ruled the hive, rather like human monarchs, though this is not really true. The queen is not the only female in the hive: all worker bees are female, though the queen is the only one that lays eggs.
How many QUEEN bees do one beehive have?
Only one queen to a hive. If two queens are born at the same time, they will fight until one is dead.
Can bees reproduce?
Yes, but only the queen bee can.
Do ants reproduce in large numbers to survive?
yes they do actully the queen only produces they are like bees
What is the queen honey bees role?
The queens role is to reproduce because it is the only female bee in the hive.
What are female bees that cannot reproduce called?
Within a bee colony only the queen will lay eggs. The worker bees are all female but do not lay eggs. The male bees are called drones.
Are qeen bees poisenous?
Queen bees only sting other queen bees.
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.
Is there a king of the bees?
No, only a queen
A queen bee only stings what?
other queen bees
How queen bees are bees a hive?
Under normal circumstances, there will only be one queen bee per colony.
Is there only one queen bee in a hive, or can there be multiple queen bees present?
In a hive, there can be multiple queen bees present, but usually only one queen bee will dominate and lay eggs.
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.
When a bee becomes queen bee?
only some bees bred for being Queen's.
