Why do bees have queens? 2 biologists explain this insect’s social structure – and why some bees don’t have a queen at all
- Written by Phil Starks, Associate Professor of Biology, Tufts University
The queen, on the right with a larger, darker body, is bigger than the worker bees in the colony and lives several times longer.Jens Kalaene/picture alliance via Getty Images
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