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<blockquote data-quote="rockridgecattle" data-source="post: 707047" data-attributes="member: 6198"><p>More info</p><p></p><p>In a supercedure, a virgin queen when hatched, will go around and bite each queen cell killing the queen and signalling the hive to tear them down. As queens emerge, they pip. Make noise. The virgins of other queen cells close to hatching will respond and thus the virgin will hunt them out and kill them. If a virgin hatches and the old queen is still in the hive alive, they will fight to the death. Since a virgin is younger, smaller, and stronger, they will almost always win.</p><p></p><p>In a swarming instance, the queen set to emerge will start to pip. The old queen will then leave the hive with most of the forager bees in the hive. Swarming time is usually the warmest part of the day. If the queen can not fly, she will dump her eggs to fly. The virgin then emerges and takes over the hive. If there are more than one cell, the process will start again, and more foragers will leave the hive with the virgin. The last virgin to hatch will take over the hive and start the rebuilding process with the nurse bees. Since nurse bees do not fly, or have not taken their orientation flight, the hive will be vulnerable to robbing bees and preditors such as wasps and hornets. This hive will need to have enough food stores on hand to rebuild, and possibly a reduced entrance to protect. It takes a worker be 23+ days from emerging from its cell, to become a forager bee. Theworkers work up to being foragers. They start as nurse bees, looking after the brood, feeding them, work up to becoming the guard bees, then the scouts and then the foragers.</p><p>Queen 16 days to emerge+ 14-21 days to see signs of eggs</p><p>worker 21 days to emerge + 23+ to become foragers</p><p>Drone (males) 24 days to emerge</p><p>A bee's life 101 lol</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rockridgecattle, post: 707047, member: 6198"] More info In a supercedure, a virgin queen when hatched, will go around and bite each queen cell killing the queen and signalling the hive to tear them down. As queens emerge, they pip. Make noise. The virgins of other queen cells close to hatching will respond and thus the virgin will hunt them out and kill them. If a virgin hatches and the old queen is still in the hive alive, they will fight to the death. Since a virgin is younger, smaller, and stronger, they will almost always win. In a swarming instance, the queen set to emerge will start to pip. The old queen will then leave the hive with most of the forager bees in the hive. Swarming time is usually the warmest part of the day. If the queen can not fly, she will dump her eggs to fly. The virgin then emerges and takes over the hive. If there are more than one cell, the process will start again, and more foragers will leave the hive with the virgin. The last virgin to hatch will take over the hive and start the rebuilding process with the nurse bees. Since nurse bees do not fly, or have not taken their orientation flight, the hive will be vulnerable to robbing bees and preditors such as wasps and hornets. This hive will need to have enough food stores on hand to rebuild, and possibly a reduced entrance to protect. It takes a worker be 23+ days from emerging from its cell, to become a forager bee. Theworkers work up to being foragers. They start as nurse bees, looking after the brood, feeding them, work up to becoming the guard bees, then the scouts and then the foragers. Queen 16 days to emerge+ 14-21 days to see signs of eggs worker 21 days to emerge + 23+ to become foragers Drone (males) 24 days to emerge A bee's life 101 lol [/QUOTE]
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