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Queens

An in-depth overview of the queen bee and her role in the colony. Learn the facts about the queen bee and why her health is so important to colony strength.

  • New queen bee with attendant workers in a wooden queen cage image.

    How to Care for a Queen Bee in a Cage

  • Queen bees in cages ready to be bought by beekeepers image.

    How to Buy a Queen Bee

  • Queen honey bee marked red on frame with retinue image.

    How to Mark a Queen Honey Bee

  • Large dark adult queen bee in hive with workers image.

    Queen Bee Life Cycle

  • How to Requeen a Hive

    How to Requeen a Hive

  • Frame from a beehive with bees and the queen bee image.

    Finding the Queen Bee

  • Beekeeper holding frame of new queen bees being raised image.

    Queen Bee Rearing

  • Aging queen honey bee in hive on comb image.

    Queen Bee Dies

  • Frame from beehive with no queen.

    Queenless Hive

  • Balling cluster of honey bees with queen inside the ball.

    Balling the Queen Bee

  • Marked queen honey bee in a hive image.

    Role of a Queen Bee

  • Large size queen honey bee surrounded by workers on comb image.

    Queen Bee Size – Is Bigger Better?

  • Queen Bee Facts

    Queen Bee Facts

  • Queen cells in hive on comb surrounded by workers.

    What to do With Queen Cells?

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    Queen Cells

  • Large queen bee inside a hive on comb.

    Why Bees Kill their Queen

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