Bee lifecycle
Nov 2022
The life cycle begins when an established colony's queen begins laying eggs within individual cells inside a honeycomb.
Queens store more than 5 million sperm cells inside their bodies, enabling them to lay eggs throughout their life after only one mating flight. When the eggs hatch, those that were fertilized become female worker bees, while the unfertilized eggs become male bees, or drones. It is the responsibility of the queen to lay enough fertilized eggs to produce a well-developed force of worker bees for the colony.
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