How does a queen ant/bee continuously lay fertile eggs throughout their lifetime if they only mate one time?
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In bees, during the mating, the Queen stores millions of sperm for later use. Although it is only one mating flight, the Queen will mate with multiple males. The Queen has a special tube called an ovipositor that places one fertilized egg at a time. They can produce several million offspring in their lifetime.
They have sperm storage.
Bees, ants, some worms and other invertebrates have “spermatheca”, which are special organs that store sperm and keep it viable for the life of the animal.
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