Worker bumble bees help determine which baby bee will become queen
May 18, 2026
May 18, 2026
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, May 18 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news:
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Worker bumble bees help determine which baby bee will become queen
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Every bumble bee colony has a queen, but a new study led by researchers at Penn State suggests the process of determining which baby bee reigns supreme may be less monarchal than the royal title suggests.
The study, published in the journal Insect Biochemistry . . .
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Worker bumble bees help determine which baby bee will become queen
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Every bumble bee colony has a queen, but a new study led by researchers at Penn State suggests the process of determining which baby bee reigns supreme may be less monarchal than the royal title suggests.
The study, published in the journal Insect Biochemistry . . .