• @Initiateofthevoid@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    104 days ago

    Love it, thank you for this.

    Do they isolate the queen larva to prevent other larva from eating its food? Or is it like a baby bird scenario where they’re just fed directly from bee to bee? Are mistakes sometimes made, and if so do they “correct” the mistake?

    • Karyoplasma
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      3 days ago

      Royal jelly for queens is stored in special compartments that are constructed specifically to rear a new queen and they drop the larvae in there. Wikipedia has a pic.