While foraging for nectar and pollen, bees inadvertently transfer ... a slightly higher sugar content, queen bees are slightly larger than worker bees. Being the Queen During the mating flight ...

The cuckoo queen bee then lays her own eggs and gains control of the host colony’s worker bees, who continue collecting pollen and nectar to feed the cuckoo queen’s offspring. Western bumblebees, the ...

Worker Bee Worker bees are the majority of female ... Chemical pesticides can directly harm bees through contaminated nectar ...