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How honeybees really crown their queens
June 03, 2026
RIVERSIDE, California, June 3 -- The University of California Riverside campus issued the following news:

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How honeybees really crown their queens

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For generations, scientists believed a queen honeybee was made almost entirely by diet: feed an ordinary larva enough royal jelly and a ruler emerges. But new research suggests queens are created through a more elaborate process.

Young worker bees construct specialized nursery ch . . .

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