Tag Archives: laying workers
Laying worker, new queen, or both?
Following on yesterday’s post about laying workers, I thought I should add this important caveat. If you have a new queen (from a split which was given a young caged queen, for example), you may occasionally find multiple eggs in … Continue reading →
At least one of these bees is a laying worker
At least one of the bees in the picture above is a laying worker. Can you spot her? I can’t. But if you read this post to the end, you will have the answer – and a really nice bonus, … Continue reading →
Posted in Bee Biology, Beekeeping, Diseases and Pests, Queens, Science
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Tagged drones, eusociality, laying workers, pheromones, queenless hives, Queens
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Double or Nothing?
A gentleman at our bee meeting posed a challenging question a couple of weeks ago: “What should I do with a weak hive? I think it might be queenless.” Well, it depends, of course. I’m continuing with the series of … Continue reading →
Posted in Beekeeping, Queens, Save the Bees
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Tagged fall management, laying workers, practical beekeeping, uniting colonies
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The Worker Who Would Be Queen
Bees have a complicated social structure which some political scientists have sought to embrace. In the old days, people assumed that the King Bee ruled with an iron fist that imposed order, harmony, sacrifice, and unflinching duty. Now that the … Continue reading →
Posted in Bee Biology, Genetics, Queens, Science
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Tagged drones, eusociality, laying workers, pheromones, queen substance, queenless hives
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