New Queen Bee 🐝👑 We found multiple queen cells in this colony, the bees are preparing to swarm soon. Swarming is the primary means of reproduction of the honey bees. Swarming typically occurs in the spring, when the bees swarm, the old queen leaves the hive with a portion of the bees to establish a new colony. Leaving behind queen cells in the old colony, a new queen will rise to take over the hive. Follow us to learn more about the fascinating world of beekeeping! 🐝🐝🐝 Add us to your favori

Worker bees are female! 🐝♀️ In a healthy colony with a strong queen, the queen is responsible for laying all the eggs. She is able to lay both fertilised and unfertilised eggs, and her special pheromone stops the worker bees from developing the ability to lay eggs. Fertilised eggs ➡️ worker bees and queen bees Unfertilised eggs ➡️ drones (make bees) However, if the queen dies and the workers are unable to raise a new queen in time, the colony starts to fail gradually. Without a fertile laying q

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