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Long term, there can only ever be one queen in a hive.
In the process of preparing to swarm, the queen will lay eggs in special queen cells. She will then leave with about half of the worker bees. The remaining workers will look after the developing queen larvae, feeding them with royal jelly as well as pollen mixed with honey, up to the point where the larvae pupate. The workers then cap the cells with wax.
The first adult queen to emerge from the brood cell will then search out all other queen cells and will sting them to kill the other developing queens. A queen bee's stinger is not barbed, so she can withdraw it after use.
If two queen happen to emerge at the same time, they will fight until one manages to sting the other to death.
The only natural exception to the 'one queen' rule can be where a failing queen (i.e. losing the ability to lay fertile eggs) co-exists for a while with her daughter. But that co-existence is only temporary and short term - eventually the old queen dies or is ejected by the bees, leaving the new queen to reign. This is quite a rare situation.
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Where does a honey bee live?
In a hive.
What do you call the bee house?
Another name for the place where bees live is a hive.
Will a moth live in a bee hive?
The wax moth lives and breeds in a bee hive and as its name suggests, eats the wax in the hive leaving it looking unsightly.
What do you call the home of bees?
a bee hive
What is the queen honey bees role?
The queens role is to reproduce because it is the only female bee in the hive.
How many QUEEN bees do one beehive have?
Only one queen to a hive. If two queens are born at the same time, they will fight until one is dead.
Wear wear will a queen bee stay in the winter?
A queen honey bee will stay in the hive. Honey bees do not hibernate, but will cluster together in the hive to keep warm. Bumble bee workers and drones, and the older queens die when the cold weather arrives, and the young queens find a sheltered place and hibernate through the winter.
What is the shelter of bee?
a bee shelter is nothin else bt a beehive or a colony where bees live....................
Why are there so many bees in a bee hive?
Because the hive is always at work along with taking care of the queen bee.
What are the three kinds of bees live in hive?
any type of bee can live and make some type of hive to live in hope i helped :p
When did The Bee-Hive - journal - end?
The Bee-Hive - journal - was created in 1861.
Were do a honey bee live?
Beekeepers keep bees in a hive and more than one hive is known as an apiary.
