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How honeybees really crown their queens

  • June 3, 2026 at 3:00 PM
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How honeybees really crown their queens
For generations, scientists believed a queen honeybee was made almost entirely by diet: feed an ordinary larva enough royal jelly and a ruler emerges. But new research suggests queens are created through a more elaborate process.

Originally published at Phys.org

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