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Beekeepers mark queens with a spot of special paint to make them easier to find when looking through the combs. The colour of the spot is not important, but there is a convention to use a particular colour according to the year in which the queen hatches so the beekeeper has a good guide to the queen's age.
The colours are:
- White, for years ending in 1 or 6
- Yellow, for years ending in 2 or 7
- Red, for years ending in 3 or 8
- Green, for years ending in 4 or 9
- Blue, for years ending in 5 or 0
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What is a Queen bee called?
just a queen bee
Does a bumble bee lay eggs?
The bumble bee queen lays eggs, but none of the other bumble bees in the colony do.
How much does a queen bee weigh?
The average queen bee weighs about 200 milligrams.
How do you make a queen bee leave the nest?
The queen bee of a hive does not leave the nest by any means. Without a queen bee, a hive simply cannot exist. If one were to remove the queen bee, it would be a matter of hours before the hive is in complete chaos. In the event the queen bee is about to die, there is already a "lady-in-waiting" to take her place. In simpler terms, the queen cannot be persuaded to leave. It is simply not in their design.
What is a female bee that lays eggs called?
She is called the Queen Bee.
What kind of bumble bee has a rust or red colored butt?
queen bee
What is a Queen bee called?
just a queen bee
How does a queen bee become queen bee?
a matter of size
What do queen bee do?
A honey bee queen is an egg-laying machine.
When the queen bee dies who becomes the new queen?
When the queen bee dies, her daughter becomes the new queen.
Is a bumble bee queen similar to a real queen?
Each species of bee has its own queen.
What is the reason for having a queen bee?
The reason that they have a queen bee is that the queen is the only one that makes the baby bees in the entire bee hive.
What is a queen bee?
The egg for queen bee like any other bee is laid and in the development stages it is fed with royal jelly.Those larva that get royal jelly develop into queen bees and r3est into workers and drones.
When was Queen Bee Entertainment created?
Queen Bee Entertainment was created in 1999.
What is the difference between the queen bee and the guard bee?
The difference between the queen bee and a worker bee is if u look in between their eyes, it should have a black or yellow nose between their eyes. If it is yellow its and guard bee if it is yellow its a queen bee.
Who is the boss of the bee family?
queen bee
What is the largest bee in a colony?
a queen bee
