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.
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