Queen bee
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A queen bee is typically an adult, mated female that lives in a colony or hive of honey bees. With fully developed reproductive organs, the queen is usually the mother of most, if not all, of the bees
Queen (marked) surrounded by Africanized workers
Older queen larvae in queen cell lying on top of wax comb
A queen cup
Queen larvae floating on royal jelly in opened queen cups laid on top of wax comb
Drone (bee)
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A drone is a male honey bee. Unlike the female worker bee, a drone has no stinger. It does not gather nectar or pollen and cannot feed without assistance from worker bees. Its only role is to mate wit
Queen bee
…likely to leave with the prime swarm before the first virgin queen emerges from a queen cell. A virgin queen is a queen bee that has not mated with a drone. Virgins are intermediate in size between workers and mated, laying queens, and are much more active than the latter. They are hard to spot while…
Drone bee
In flight
The everted endophallus, with the cornua in focus, resembling hooks.
The extended bulbus of the endophallus, containing sperm, is in focus.