In chess, the queen is the most valuable piece for a player. She’s capable of making any move, which also makes her the most protected after the king. In a bee colony, the queen holds the same rank.
When you think “bee,” you likely picture one species that lives all over the world: the honey bee. And honey bees have queens, a female who lays essentially all of the eggs for the colony. But most ...
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Cuckoo bees. The nest thieves of the bee world

Most people picture bees as hard workers gathering pollen and building nests. Many species do exactly that. But a surprising ...