The queen is made a queen when she's still an egg, a three days old egg. Andit the change happens when they start feeding her. Ah, she's only fed royal jelly. So she doesn't get any bee bread. She's deprived of protein during her development. And that is what makes her a queen because she's deprived. The first queen out starts roaming around making this noise in g sharp itis called piping or tooting. It's kind of like marco polo, but with new borns. Now, here's a thing, when the sleepy queens quack back at the first one, that first one's like, oh, there you are, and
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YA LIKE BEES? You will -- after this short, edited-for-all-ages Smologies cut of our classic Melittology episode featuring President of the Urban Beekeepers Association, Amanda “Mandy” Shaw. We chat about honeybees vs. native ones, hives vs. nests, honey, how to become a beekeeper, social structures, why a queen becomes a queen, how to keep Mason bees as outdoor pets, if you should eat honey to deal with seasonal allergies, and why planting some flowers could make you and the bees pretty happy.
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