Why is the queen bee important in the hive?

Answer 1

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.

Answer 2

One is the number of queen bees that reign in a hive. A hive maintained by beekeepers and a nest sustained in the wild may have many males, who are called drones, and many infertile females, who serve as workers. But there never will be more than one queen (under normal circumstances) since an egg that becomes a queen will assume control over the birth hive or nest or go elsewhere to start a separate hive or nest.

Answer 3

The only time a queen bee leaves her hive is when she is still a virgin and then she will make a mating flight, mate with many many drones in flight and then return to the hive. She does not "have to stay in the hive" but nevertheless she does.

Answer 4

In a very general sense, yes, but the queen bee is not a ruler in the sense that a human who is king or queen is a ruler of a country. The Queen is the most important individual in the hive. If she dies and there is no replacement, the hive dies. But the queen bee does not otherwise direct the activities if the hive or its individual members.

Answer 5

yes...they can...but they mostly dont come and lay eggs

Answer 6

The queen is purely an egg laying machine. She does not undertake any other tasks in the hive.

Answer 7

A queen bee is the only egg-laying member in a hive of bees.

Answer 8

She lays eggs to get more workers. :)