Sentences with phrase «single queen bee»

Most bumblebees do not live in isolation, but in colonies of tens to hundreds of related individuals founded each year by a single queen bee after the winter's hibernation.

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«Single class of queen pheromones stops worker reproduction in ants, bees, wasps.»
Queens of ants and bees normally obtain a lifetime supply of sperm on a single day of sexual activity, and sperm competition is expected to occur in lineages where queens receive sperm from multiple males.
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