A newborn queen bee immediately kills all of the other hatched and unhatched queens in the hive.
-Liza Lentini - "20 Thinks You Didn't Know About...Bees," Discover magazine, March, 2007.
In a honeybee hive, drones do not collect nectar or do any work of any kind. Their sole responsibility is to mate with the queen.
- L. Patricia Kite, Insect Facts and Folklore
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