Do queenless bee colonies make their own kings? Will a bee colony run away if the queen bee loses?

Generally speaking, after losing the queen bee, the bee will make its own queen. But the leadership ability of this kind of king is not very strong, so it still needs human intervention.

Yes, if a new queen bee is not found in the colony, the worker bees will accelerate ovulation, re-conceive the queen and die.

Yes, if there is a suitable one, you can indeed make a king by yourself, and determine it according to the actual situation.

The queen bee is the core member of the bee colony, under normal circumstances, there is only one queen bee in the bee colony, and the queen of the bee colony can be re-intervened in a new queen bee colony, or it can be directly merged into other queen bee colonies, otherwise the bee colony is likely to go extinct, let's take a look at how long the bee colony can last at most!

First, the role of queen bee

The queen bee is a well-developed female bee with a well-developed reproductive system, and the queen bee has two main roles for the bee colony, one is to lay eggs and cultivate drones, in fact, except for a few drones in the colony, they are the descendants of the queen bee, and the other is to secrete queen pheromones to maintain the order of the colony, for example, queen pheromones can inhibit the ovarian development of worker bees, and if there is no queen bee in the colony for a long time, it will soon die.

Second, urgently build the king's platform

In fact, both worker bees and queen bees are developed from fertilized eggs, if the worker bees have been eating royal jelly from the larval stage, they can also develop into queen bees, and after losing the queen, the worker bees can urgently transform the small larvae of the worker bees into the queen stage, and the new queen bee can continue the colony after the new queen emerges and mates with the drones.

3. Worker bees lay eggs

When the bee colony loses its king and cannot urgently build the king, some worker bees will develop ovaries and lay eggs, but the egg laying of worker bees will not help to save the colony, because the eggs laid by worker bees can only develop into small-sized drones at most, and eventually the bee colony will still die out due to the demise of the worker bees, but the specific extinction time varies depending on factors such as group potential and climate, as short as two or three months, and as long as half a year.

4. Remedies

1. Intervention of the new king: After the bee colony loses the queen, it can be re-intervened in a new king, but the time of the king should not be too early and not too late, because the time of the king is too early, the worker bee is easy to reject the new queen, and the time of the queen is too late and the worker bee is very likely to lay eggs.

2. Intervention in Wangtai: After the bee colony loses its queen, it can intervene in a mature Wangtai, and wait for the new queen bee in Wangtai to continue the colony after it feathers and mates with the drones, but after intervening in Wangtai, it is necessary to observe the state of the worker bees, and if the worker bees destroy the Wangtai, they must re-intervene in the Wangtai.

3. Transferred into the sub-spleen: after the colony loses its queen, it can be adjusted into the egg worm spleen to urgently build the king platform, in fact, the worker bee and the queen bee are fertilized eggs to develop, if the bee colony loses the queen and there are small larvae of the worker bee that can be transformed, the worker bee can also urgently transform the small larvae of the worker bee into the king platform.

It can last for about two months to three months, and the colony can intervene in a new queen bee for the colony after disappointment, so that the colony can develop for a longer time.

The loss of the king may not necessarily perish, because after the loss of the queen of the group, the king will re-establish a new king, and some worker bees will develop ovaries and lay eggs.

If there is no queen bee, it can generally live for a month and a half in summer, and it can live for three months in winter, and it is necessary to intervene in the king or queen bee, if there are not more than ten days later, the worker bee will give birth, and the worker bee will generally have 1000 eggs that can be used, and there will be an urgent king platform, and the bee will be saved as soon as the king is made, and the opportunity is one, if it is not successful, it will be cost.

The three members of the bee are the queen bee (there is only one), the drone (in a certain proportion), and the worker bee (in the tens of millions).

Their respective functions:

Queen bee: is a well-developed female bee, and the sturdy queen bee is responsible for laying eggs for life after successful mating, and controls the entire colony.

Drones: are well-developed male bees that do not participate in labor, and sturdy drones die after successful mating with a robust new queen. They do not recognize their nests, and their numbers are regulated by the queen bee and produced by the worker bees.

Worker bees: are unhealthy bees, they are under the command of the queen bee, looking for honey and powder sources, collecting honey and powder, responsible for the food storage and supply of the entire bee colony, defending against enemy invasion, etc., and are also responsible for feeding the next generation, ensuring the health and health of the entire bee colony, reproducing offspring and developing strongly.

If there is no queen bee in a colony, there will be two things:

First, the bee colony suddenly loses its queen, there is no queen bee in the bee colony, in the case that the beekeeper does not find out and does not intervene in time to intervene in the queen or queen bee or merge into the queen colony, the bee colony will build its own queen to feed the bees after knowing that it has lost the queen, and the new queen bee has a replacement queen after successful mating, and the bee colony will continue to develop.

2. In the case that there is no queen bee in the bee colony during the season when the mites are artificially cut off and the queen is changed, and the beekeeper does not find it and replenish or deal with it in time. Although the colony knows that it has lost its king, if the worker bees in the colony are unable to find the eggs of the right age to nurse a new queen to replace them due to artificial breakage, the colony will stop developing. After a long time, when the nectar source and powder source are sufficient, the worker bees will lay eggs, but because the worker bees are not well developed, the eggs laid by the bees are all drones, and the whole colony will die out quickly because there is no substitute king and can not develop normally.

It is not fixed, sometimes it will last for half a year, sometimes it can only last for two or three months. It's also about climate.

A colony will not run away if it loses its queen bee, because the queen bee controls the order of the colony through the "queen pheromone" secreted by itself, which is passed on by the worker bees.

When the queen bee loses its queen for a few hours, the concentration of queen pheromones gradually disappears in the colony, and the worker bees will have the mood of losing the queen, showing restlessness and decreased collection power.

If the king is lost for too long, if there is no small larvae in the nest that can be transformed into a king, a small number of worker bees will develop their ovaries and lay unfertilized eggs in the nest, all of which will develop into drones, and eventually the colony will be wiped out.

The loss of the queen of bees will lead to chaos in the sealing order, egg laying of worker bees, no new worker bees, and chaos in the hive mouth. The bee colony outside the box may have lost its king.

The specific phenomenon of bee loss of queen is as follows:

1. The bee colony is chaotic.

The queen bee controls the order of the entire colony, allowing the bees to perform their duties and make the whole colony run smoothly. The queen bee secretes a special substance that guides the colony, which only lasts for a few hours, but the queen bee is produced in a steady stream.

When a colony loses its queen, the substance dissipates within a few hours or something, and without new replenishment, some bees don't know what to do, and the whole colony looks chaotic. If the beekeeper finds this situation, then he should know that the colony is very likely to lose its queen, and it is best to check and confirm it and replenish the queen bee as soon as possible.

2. Worker bees lay eggs.

Normally, worker bees basically don't lay eggs, they are basically busy everywhere or arguing, and the egg laying is mainly from the queen bee, but it doesn't mean that worker bees can't lay eggs. When there is no queen bee, the hive has no egg-laying**, and some of the substances secreted by the queen bee that inhibit the egg-laying of worker bees slowly dissipates, and the worker bees begin to lay eggs.

However, due to the lack of management, the worker bees do not communicate with each other, so the egg laying will be very chaotic, there will be a situation of multiple eggs in one hole, and some worker bees will even entangle their eggs in the hive accidentally. If the beekeeper inspects the hive and finds that the eggs are irregularly distributed and chaotic, and there are eggs on the hive, then the queen bee is basically gone.

3. No new worker bees.

The newborn worker bee is the source of the continuation of the bee exhibition, and the birth of the new worker bee is basically the masterpiece of the queen bee. Without the queen bee, the bee naturally cannot replenish the new worker bees, so it can only rely on the old worker bees to continue.

Over time, the color of the old worker bees will become darker and darker, basically dark black, and the color of the new worker bees will be much lighter. If there are too many old worker bees and there are basically no new worker bees, then there is something wrong with this bee colony, and it is best to open the box and check the stove pure.

4. The beehive mouth is chaotic.

Under the management of the queen bee, the bee colony is in good order, and the bees at the mouth of the hive are in and out in an orderly manner, and there is generally no situation where a large number of bees accumulate at the mouth of the hive. In some cases, it is either an invasion by a foreign enemy, or a honey harvest period, which dissipates at most at night.

Beekeepers find that the hive mouth is often chaotic, the bees are crowded, and there is such a situation at night, so it is best to check whether the queen bee is still there, or check whether there are other conditions that have caused it.

The above is the performance of the bee after losing the queen, the queen bee is very important for the colony, so it is best to check these conditions when they occur. In order not to misjudge, it is most reliable to check it yourself.

The swarm is goneQueen BeeIt won't be able to continue.

If the queen of a colony is lost, how long can the colony last without human intervention. As we all know, the queen bee is an indispensable member of the colony. Without the queen bee laying eggs, the colony cannot continue.

When a bee colony does not have a queen bee, whether it can continue depends on whether there are insect eggs and spleens in the group, and if so, worker bees.

The right larvae will be selected immediately to breed a new queen bee.

If the new queen bee can be successfully handed over, she will never lose the king.

Twenty days later.

The new queen bee can lay eggs, and after more than 40 days, the new bee comes out of the house, and when the new bee comes out of the house, the old bee is also gradually declining, and the new and old bees are alternated, and the bee population drops to a trough.

After the replacement of the old and the new is completed, the bee population will gradually increase. This lost herd.

can continue.

If there are no eggs in the swarm, the worker bee will not be able to have a queen, and without the queen, the worker bee will soon lay eggs, and the worker bee will lay unfertilized eggs and can only develop into a male bee.

Worker bees feed these drones.

Due to fatigue and other reasons, it will also shorten the lifespan, and there is no new bee to replenish, the more labor, the faster the bee colony collapses.

It is estimated that it will be difficult to survive two months. Because bees live for about forty or fifty days during the breeding and harvesting periods, there will definitely not be much left after two months.

Popular science of the hive:

The internal structure of the hive is called the hive, and the hive is made of beeswax and is composed of a tightly arranged hexagonal cylinder hive, which is called a honeycomb structure.

<><1. After losing the queen, there are modifiable age-appropriate worker bees in the colony that can be transformed when the small larvae know the small larvae, the reason is that the worker bee and the queen bee are actually developed from fertilized eggs, but the queen bee can fully develop and mature because it feeds on royal jelly from beginning to end, and if the worker bee has been feeding on royal jelly since the larval stage, it can also develop into a queen bee, so if there are small larvae of the worker bee of the right age after the queen of the colony, it can urgently build a king platform to re-breed the queen.

2. After the queen bee colony, there is no small larvae of the worker bee that can be modified, the bee colony cannot make a king, because the worker bee must develop into a queen bee before the larval stage is three days old, and the worker bee will never be able to develop into a queen bee after three days of larval stage.

Generally around 9 days, so that there will be a new king, pay attention to the specific situation of the bee colony.

It will take 9 to 12 days, and there will be almost a surname Wang, depending on the specific species of bees.

9-12 days.

A new queen emerges about 9-12 days after the bee colony loses its queen. The queen bee colony needs to have fertilized eggs or small larvae of worker bees within three days, and the worker bees will transform the fertilized eggs or small larvae into a king table to breed a new queen bee, and the king table will be capped and pupated after 3-5 days, and the new queen bee will emerge after 6-7 days. After the new queen bee is introduced, the royal jelly is consumed for 3 days, and after another 1-2 days, the new queen bee will go out to mate with the drones, and then return to the nest, and start laying eggs about 3 days after successfully mating and returning to the nest. ”

The queen bee is the only female bee in the bee colony with normal reproductive ability, under normal circumstances, a bee colony has and only one queen bee, although both the bee colony and the beekeeper will deliberately protect the queen bee, but the bee colony accidentally loses the queen in beekeeping production is also a common thing, let's take a look at the bee colony that loses the queen will fly away!

1. The queen bee died unexpectedly during bee harvesting

Wild bee colonies in the harvest due to careless operation caused by the queen bee accidentally died or disappeared, in this case, the capture of the queen group is not timely treatment in most cases will fly away, at this time the best way to deal with the queen group in time to intervene in a queen bee to give birth, if the queen group accepts the new queen bee can be stabilized, and the worker bee spleen and the queen will not fly away after laying eggs.

Second, there are small larvae of appropriate age in the bee colony

Although the colony will have a short period of turbulence after losing the queen, such as the swarm is restless, the worker bees do not attend to collect, etc., but generally after 1 or 2 days, the colony will use the small larvae to "make the king" to breed a new queen, and the new queen bee in the queen will gradually return to normal after the new queen bee comes out and begins to lay eggs.

3. The colony does not have small larvae of appropriate age

In this case, the ovaries of some worker bees will develop due to the lack of inhibition of "queen pheromones", and then the worker bees lay eggs, but the worker bees can only lay unfertilized eggs, and these eggs can only develop into drones even if they can hatch, and eventually the entire colony will be wiped out because they cannot replenish the worker bees.

Fourth, timely intervention for the bee colony to the new king

The most appropriate way for a bee colony to lose its queen unexpectedly is to replenish a queen bee or mature queen for the bee colony in time, and when intervening in the queen bee, we must pay attention to avoid the situation of the worker bee surrounding the queen, and it is best to choose the queen of the bee colony for about 1 3 days, once the worker bee begins to lay eggs, it will be much more troublesome to introduce the queen, and it is much easier to intervene in the mature queen than to intervene in the queen bee.

Fifth, supplement the small larvae to make the king platform

If you want to save the colony, you can only supplement the small larvae of the worker bee at the appropriate age for the bee colony to "rush to make the king", and when there are conditions, it is best to supplement some caps for the bee colony, and the queen bee in the "emergency king" can return to normal after the queen bee is introduced and the drone is mated.

Summary: The bee colony generally does not fly away after losing its queen, and when there are small larvae of worker bees in the colony, they will "rush to build a king", and when there are no small larvae of worker bees, some worker bees will develop ovaries and lay eggs, but the egg laying of worker bees cannot save the colony, and eventually the entire bee colony will gradually die out because it cannot replenish the worker bees.