Under normal circumstances there will only ever be one queen in a honey bee colony. The bees will not tolerate a second queen and if you tried to introduce one they would kill her.
There is one exception. If a queen is nearing the end of her laying life, queen cells will be made by the workers, and a new queen hatched off. For a short period it is possible for both the mother and daughter queens to be seen together. A few days later the old queen would be gone. This process is called supercedure.
Up to 80,000
There are about 20,000 to 50,000 workers (all females), 200 to 300 drones (males), and one queen.
In a honey bee hive, all of the bees are workers (infertile females, up to 80000), except for the queen and a few hundred drones (males).
There can be as low as 2 or 3 thousand up to 100 thousand plus
There really is no answer to your question. you couldn't keep track because they are always dieing and new ones are born.... so you never really know..:)
Usually only one i think! xx
One.
Only one.
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Bees in one hive typically do not communicate with bees from another since they usually will not allow bees from another hive to enter their own hive.
There is only 1 queen bee in th hive.
20,000 to 50,000 worker bees, all female in one hive on its own.
60,ooo to 100000
Usually one
Usually about half of the bees in the hive leave in a swarm. The average hive can peak at around 60,000 bees, so it is reasonable to expect a swarm to be anything up to about 30,000 bees.
It varies ! Hives don't contain a specific amount of bees. Depending on the size of the hive... anywhere from a few hundred to many thousands.
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Under normal circumstances, there will only be one queen in a hive,
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Bees kill other bees to protect the hive or to steal honey from other hives through a hole in the hive.