Dossier
worker bees
Coverage of worker bees in the Nexus archive.
- A diet of royal jelly isn’t the only thing that makes a queen bee
Scientists discovered a specialized group of worker bees that build queen cells using softened wax, revealing that a queen bee's environment, not just royal jelly diet, influences her development. Queens raised in worker wax were smaller and less viable, challenging the long-held belief that diet alone determines queen status.
- A diet of royal jelly isn't the only thing that makes a queen bee
Scientists discovered a specialized group of worker bees that build queen cells using softened wax, revealing that the queen's environment, not just diet, influences her development. Queens raised in worker wax were smaller and less viable, challenging the long-held belief that royal jelly alone determines queen status.