What is the queen bee? 😲

3 years ago
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The queen's role in the hive is reproductive, she spends her life in the hive laying eggs that will become future worker bees, drones or new queens. The bee that is chosen to be queen is fed her whole life with royal jelly, a special type of food produced in the hive that nourishes and allows the queen fertility to produce eggs and lay eggs. When the future queen reaches "adolescence" she leaves for the nuptial flight, she meets the drone and copulates. After copulation, he returns to the hive and begins to lay eggs.

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