What happened to the worker bees killing the queen bee?

The relationship between worker bees and queen bees is actually intra-species mutual assistance. In short, the queen bee cannot survive alone after leaving the worker bees. Worker bees must rely on the queen bee to continue the population development. Let’s take a look at how the worker bees kill the queen bee!

1, the sick bee queen

Worker bees are very concerned about the state of the queen bee. If the queen is sick, etc., the worker bee will build an alternate king’s platform, and then force the queen to lay fertilized eggs in the king’s platform. When the new queen of the king’s queen leaves the house, the worker bee will kill the old queen or Driven out of the hive, some beekeepers cut the wings of the queen bee in order to avoid the swarm of bees in the bee production. It is unknown that the worker bee might kill the queen.

2, the old weak bee queen

Each ability of the queen bee will gradually weaken with age, especially the ability to lay eggs and the ability to secrete the queen pheromone. If the queen’s ability is not sufficient to support the development of the colony, the worker bees will build an alternate king platform, and eventually the old queen will be Worker bees are killed or expelled from the hive to starve or die of cold, so if the queen bee grows weak in bee production, it should be replaced with a new queen bee in time.

3, other queen bees

Worker bees will kill other queen bees who strayed into the hive. This happens most often when the king is introduced. The reason is that bees mainly identify swarms by their swarm taste. If the swarms are not in the swarm, they will be killed. He was driven away and even killed. Therefore, King Jie must first confuse the smell of the queen bee and the colony. In addition, the new queen bee and the new queen bee will be killed by the worker bees when they fly back to the nest and stray into the group.

4, the virgin queen bee 

The virgin queen is the queen queen who has not finished or missed the mating period. Among them, the queen queen who has not left the mating period is generally not killed by worker bees, and the queen who missed the mating period is easily killed by worker bees. Mating with the drone in time, once you miss the mating period, you will no longer be with the drone for life. This queen is almost worthless to the colony and easily killed by worker bees.

5. Over Protecting the King

Worker bees have the instinct to protect the queen bee. For example, the worker bee will protect the queen bee when the colony is attacked by the hornet. If the hornet is attacked for a long time or is relatively frequent, the queen bee is often killed because of excessive protection. The first few differences are that the worker bees did not kill the queen from the original intention. In addition, the worker bees will also protect the queen when the colony is stimulated or disturbed.

To sum up, there is definitely a reason for worker bees to kill the queen bee. In particular, worker bees kill other queen bees that enter the hive. For example, when the king is not operated by the bee, he is surrounded or bitten by the worker bee, and the worker bee kills the old The sick queen bee queen also occurs more often.