How does a bee become a queen bee? Is it election or destiny?

Bees are destined to become queen bees. The previous generation of queen bees will choose to produce another queen bee under two circumstances: one is when there are too many bees; the other is when the life of the queen bee is approaching; other times Here, the queen bee only breeds worker bees and drone bees. The emergence of the queen bee will be discussed below in two reproduction situations.

1. When there are too many bees, a queen bee will be produced. After a generation of queen bees appears, her duty is to give birth to children, because she is the only female bee in the entire hive. She does not need to find food, make bees, or build a hive. After she reaches adulthood, she only needs unlimited Eggs are laid to ensure the continuation of offspring. The supply of bees per nest and the output of the queen bee to lay eggs are about 3,000 worker bees, and after this number is exceeded.

(The one circled in the picture is the queen bee)

If the nests are not divided, then the worker bees will start fighting. Even the queen bee cannot control it, so it will start Ordered to free up a piece of land to cultivate another queen bee. After the construction of this piece of land is completed, the queen bee will be laid there, and the queen bee will be allowed to develop slowly. Feed the best food for the development of the queen bee? That is the best food. The honey source rich in estrogen is the royal jelly that most people call royal jelly. When the queen bee reaches adulthood, the old queen bee will drive away the queen bee and some of the worker bees, allowing her to choose a place to become king.

2. When the Queen Bee’s life is approaching. The lifespan of an ordinary bee is about 6 months, the lifespan of a drone is about 12 days, and the lifespan of a queen bee is only three years. After the egg of the new queen bee enters the queen bee, its egg stage takes 3 days to grow into a queen bee larvae. After becoming a queen bee larvae (maggot-like), it begins to eat the food that belongs to the queen bee. After 5 days, it will From the larvae stage to the pupa stage, the pupa stage eats very little and basically relies on worker bees for feeding.

(Pupa stage of bees)

After 6 days, the worker bees begin to seal the queen's stage, leaving 8 days for the queen to develop. If the development is completed successfully, the new queen will be born after 8 days. It will bite through the seal and climb out of the throne to become the new queen bee. If it fails, it will prepare the next generation of queen bee again. Some old queen bees are not accurate in calculating their lifespan, and it will happen that if a generation of queen bees fails, the entire swarm of bees will die.

(The pupa that emerges into a bee)

Therefore, the queen bee of bees is actually destined, but it is not the new queen bee that becomes the queen egg. The test of the new queen bee is the pupa stage. , as long as you survive the pupa stage, you can be a qualified queen bee.