Queen bee on supersedure cell (IMAGE)

University of British Columbia

Queen bee on supersedure cell

Caption

Queen bee standing on a supersedure cell (peanut-shaped structure, center). Within the supersedure cell is a new queen bee that the workers have reared as a replacement.

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Shelley Hoover

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