FOOD TECHNOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Bees live in colonies called as beehives. Every bee colony has a queen bee, many worker bees, newborn bees and few male drone bees. Queen bee’s role is to lay eggs.

Detailed explanation-2: -She is the only bee capable of producing workers and tens of thousands of workers are required for strong colonies. Healthy, fertile queens are capable of laying eggs almost constantly. During peak season, a quality queen can lay over 3, 000 eggs per day-that’s more than her own body weight in eggs in a day!

Detailed explanation-3: -A queen honeybee lays eggs of two types, one forming queen and workers and second forming drones. The non-fertilized eggs will develop into drones, while the fertilized will grow into female individuals.

Detailed explanation-4: -A honey bee queen has one mating flight and stores enough sperm during the mating flight to lay eggs throughout her life. When a queen can no longer lay eggs, new queens become responsible for mating and laying honey bee eggs.

Detailed explanation-5: -Queens are the only specimens capable of reproducing. Their only job is to lay large numbers of eggs per day throughout their lifespan. Each queen bee can lay up to 2, 000 eggs per day!