The Queen
The Queen
The queen is the only sexually developed female in a hive, and her primary responsibility is reproduction.
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The Role of the Queen
The royal jelly fed to the queen throughout her larval life is primarily responsible for her development as a queen. Before being fed this special diet, a queen egg is identical to a worker egg.
About a week after emerging from her cell, a new queen will leave the hive to mate. She flies to a drone congregating area some distance from her hive where drones from other hives wait for the opportunity to mate with a queen. Here she is unlikely to mate with drones from her own colony--nature's way of increasing genetic diversity.
The queen will mate with an average of 12 drones in the air during each mating flight, which typically occurs over 2 to 4 days. She then immediately heads back to the hive. She will begin laying eggs in about 48 hours. If because of weather or other circumstances she is not able to make her mating flight within 20 to 30 days, she will lose the ability to mate and will only be able to lay unfertilized eggs, which will all become drones. Since drones can't do much for a hive, this situation is unsustainable and the hive will eventually die off if a new viable queen is not introduced.
If she is not able to make her mating flight within 20 to 30 days, the queen will lose the ability to mate and will be able to lay only unfertilized eggs.
Pheromone Production
Another function of the queen is to produce and release pheromones, one of which is called "queen substance." These pheromones serve as societal cues that other bees understand, and the scents hold the colony together and ensure that each member of the colony knows its place.
When a queen starts to fail, her pheromone production diminishes and workers recognize this diminishment as a sign to prepare for supersedure, or replacement of the queen. When a queen is superseded by one of her daughters, mother and daughter may live in the hive together for a period of time. It is one of the rare instances when two queens can be found in a hive.
Identifying the Queen
Many beekeepers paint the back of the queen's thorax a bright contrasting color to allow for easier identification in the bustling hive.
Adult queens are identifiable by their elongated abdomens. A queen's enlarged abdomen makes her wings appear to be shorter relative to her body than the wings of either workers or drones. A queen's wings may cover only about 2/3 of her abdomen when folded back, while the wings of workers and drones will nearly reach the tips of their abdomens.
Many beekeepers paint the back of the queen's thorax a bright contrasting color to allow for easier identification in the bustling hive.
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