Rebel Bees – Or Not!

Scientists in Poland led by Prof Michal Woyciechowski from the Institute of Environmental Sciences at Jagiellonian University in Poland have studied post-swarm bee colonies to understand how workers react to a change in queen.  They discovered that when a daughter replaces her mother as head of the colony, some worker bees reproduce [become laying workers] instead … Continue reading Rebel Bees – Or Not!