<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/78a3f0ab-8799-4b29-9d10-db4c8ecc2547/00D8B461-5CF1-422D-80C8-C7DE5B4FFF10/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.scienceray.com/Biology/Zoology/The-Life-of-the-Queen-Bee-Superb-Macrophotography.302147" href="http://www.scienceray.com/Biology/Zoology/The-Life-of-the-Queen-Bee-Superb-Macrophotography.302147" style="font-size: 11px;">www.scienceray.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.scienceray.com/Biology/Zoology/The-Life-of-the-Queen-Bee-Superb-Macrophotography.302147">With the help of some stunning photography, we take a journey through the life of the queen of the hive. Take a look at an amazing life cycle. </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.scienceray.com/Biology/Zoology/The-Life-of-the-Queen-Bee-Superb-Macrophotography.302147"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.scienceray.com/img/A4812EB1-B0E2-4237-BD02-28B9DFE3FAB7" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.scienceray.com/Biology/Zoology/The-Life-of-the-Queen-Bee-Superb-Macrophotography.302147">This is an example of a capped Queen cell.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.scienceray.com/Biology/Zoology/The-Life-of-the-Queen-Bee-Superb-Macrophotography.302147"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.scienceray.com/img/B432D5BC-D7CF-46DC-971F-0BC7D53215E6" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.scienceray.com/Biology/Zoology/The-Life-of-the-Queen-Bee-Superb-Macrophotography.302147">For the hive to function a new queen will be needed to populate it</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.scienceray.com/Biology/Zoology/The-Life-of-the-Queen-Bee-Superb-Macrophotography.302147">The workers above are beginning the construction of a new queen cell</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.scienceray.com/Biology/Zoology/The-Life-of-the-Queen-Bee-Superb-Macrophotography.302147"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.scienceray.com/img/DCF0A104-7195-49E4-BEB6-B3802429D2BC" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.scienceray.com/Biology/Zoology/The-Life-of-the-Queen-Bee-Superb-Macrophotography.302147">A cutaway of a queen cell shows the <A href="#" class="kLink" id="KonaLink2"><FONT color="#{clr-link}"><SPAN class="kLink">alien</SPAN></FONT></A> being developing within</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.scienceray.com/Biology/Zoology/The-Life-of-the-Queen-Bee-Superb-Macrophotography.302147">The virgin queen will emerge on around the sixteenth day and take <A href="#" class="kLink" id="KonaLink5"><FONT color="#{clr-link}"><SPAN class="kLink">flight</SPAN></FONT></A> three to four days later.  She will start to lay eggs herself from around the twenty third day</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.scienceray.com/Biology/Zoology/The-Life-of-the-Queen-Bee-Superb-Macrophotography.302147"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.scienceray.com/img/1A2C9618-CBBF-4428-83FF-F15C51063520" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.scienceray.com/Biology/Zoology/The-Life-of-the-Queen-Bee-Superb-Macrophotography.302147">Spot the blob of blue <A href="#" class="kLink" id="KonaLink7"><FONT color="#{clr-link}"><SPAN class="kLink">paint</SPAN></FONT></A> on her thorax - something that beekeepers do to quickly locate the queen among her minions</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; 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font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.scienceray.com/Biology/Zoology/The-Life-of-the-Queen-Bee-Superb-Macrophotography.302147">If she does not mate within a few days then she will become a "drone layer"</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.scienceray.com/Biology/Zoology/The-Life-of-the-Queen-Bee-Superb-Macrophotography.302147"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.scienceray.com/img/2EE2CAE0-6986-456B-A179-22939E511978" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.scienceray.com/Biology/Zoology/The-Life-of-the-Queen-Bee-Superb-Macrophotography.302147">Do bees make a noise other than buzzing?  Yes - and it is known as piping</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.scienceray.com/Biology/Zoology/The-Life-of-the-Queen-Bee-Superb-Macrophotography.302147"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.scienceray.com/img/B7E2A7A3-8203-4578-BB90-34C5105361C0" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.scienceray.com/Biology/Zoology/The-Life-of-the-Queen-Bee-Superb-Macrophotography.302147"> A swarm of bees is actually a fairly docile affair </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.scienceray.com/Biology/Zoology/The-Life-of-the-Queen-Bee-Superb-Macrophotography.302147">it is best to be careful - especially if you are wearing primary colors - and stay clear</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.scienceray.com/Biology/Zoology/The-Life-of-the-Queen-Bee-Superb-Macrophotography.302147"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.scienceray.com/img/CC024E8B-2D28-4D1C-A7F9-7E970D21A7F6" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; 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