Where does the queen bee come from?

Question

Do bees have the same probability of being male or female? What decides if a bee larvae will become a queen? Do they grow up and start a new hive?

In: Biology

Answer 1

I’ve just googled queen bees and they’re not even that big. I thought they were *massive*, like 20 times the size of normal bees. Does anyone else have this false memory?

Edit: Looks like I may have been thinking of termites.