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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 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.
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.
How often do honey bees reproduce?
The queen only mates once in her life and during the winter months she lays few if any eggs, but during the summer she can lay up to 2,000 eggs a day.
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.
Can bees reproduce?
Yes, but only the queen bee can.
What is the queen honey bees role?
The queens role is to reproduce because it is the only female bee in the hive.
Do ants reproduce in large numbers to survive?
yes they do actully the queen only produces they are like bees
Are qeen bees poisenous?
Queen bees only sting other queen bees.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
How many queen bees are there in hive?
There is only 1 queen bee in th hive.
