Why are there no male queen bees?
after mating with the female bee, the male bee's abdomen will burst and kill him. meanwhile, the queen bee will continue to mate with other males to collect genes for her nest.
after mating with the female bee, the male bee's abdomen will burst and kill him. meanwhile, the queen bee will continue to mate with other males to collect genes for her nest.
beekeepers in 29 countries report that of the nearly 400,000 honey bees they manage, 11.9% of them cannot survive the winter.