Let's explore the major differences between queen and worker bees and why this hierarchical system is crucial to hive ...

Penn State scientists uncover how parent genes compete to decide if a honey bee larva becomes a queen or a worker.

Femur, apical spines, and tibia of F male and G female hindlegs H dorsal view of stinger I ventral view of metasoma (female left side of image, male right side). Scale bars: 500 μm. (Credit ...

If the queen bee dies, the workers can lay unfertilized eggs that become female bees instead of male bees. Thanks to a quirk in the cape honey bees’ egg-making process, the egg cell contains two ...

The face of a sweat bee (Megalopta amoena) that is half female (viewer's left, bee's right) and half male (viewer's right, bee's left) Chelsey Ritner / Utah State University In the spring of 2018 ...

Worker bees make up most of the hive. They are all female, unable to reproduce, and are tasked with overseeing the colony. Worker bees collect nectar and pollen, protect the hive against intruders ...

Female worker bees do pretty much all the work. The isolated queen. Maybe you imagine a queen as the one in charge, ordering everyone around. But that’s a case of language being misleading.

Booty-shaking worker bees guide their fellow workers to pollen by a form of communication known as “waggle dancing” — performing steps that map out where food ... Worker bees are all female.