2026-10-04 13:48 UTC
After emerging they continue to live in the nest although as ‘royalty’ they do not contribute to the functioning of the nest. They forage only for themselves to build up the fat reserves required to see them through their hibernation over the winter.
These queens will…
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@thebeeguy@mastodon.ie 2026-10-04 13:50
…however eventually disperse far from their birth nest to avoid inbreeding. The queens mate, usually for most species with only one male, and they store the semen ‘collected’ in their bodies until needed the following year. Research suggests that, for some species at least, 7/15 #bees