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The queen is a large, slender individual
whose sole function is to lay eggs. In this she is most
remarkable, since she may produce up to 1,500 eggs per day,
250,000 per year, and, under some circumstances, more than
a million during her lifetime. The eggs laid in a single
day may weigh more than her own body weight. She lays two
kinds of eggs-those that she fertilizes and places in small
hexagonal cells that develop into worker bees and those
that she does not fertilize, which she places only in the
larger hexagonal cells that develop into drone bees. Occasionally
she places fertilized eggs in round, peanut-shaped queen
cells. These are temporary cells that hang down. The worker
and drone cells lie in a horizontal position. Approximately
95 percent of the typical hexagonal cells of the honey comb
are worker cells, 25 per square inch; the remainder are
drone cells, 16 per square inch.
Bees sting only if they feel highly threatened or their
nest is under attack. If a bee stings you it trys to poison
and kill you, but only in self defence. If a bee stings
you it will die shortly after. It's like a Kamakazee Pilot.
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