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Top 3 Characteristics of Queen Bees

A honey bee colony includes three types of adult bees, including workers, drones and a queen. Among all, queen bees are the most important because they are the only ones who can reproduce. They can produce both fertilized and unfertilized eggs. They lay the greatest number of eggs in the spring season. During peak production, they may lay up to 1,500 eggs per day. Research says that one queen can produce up to 250,000 eggs per year and more than a million in her lifetime. This is the reason why queen bees for sale in Minooka are highly in demand. Queen bees have many characteristics that make them different from other bees in the colony and they can be identify visually. Top 3 characteristics are: Appearance: Queen bees are different in appearance. They are smaller than the average drone bee, but they look larger because the size of the rest of their body throws off perception. They have longer abdomen than other bees and the wings are smaller because of it. Hence, they are easy to ...