<P> When conditions are favorable for swarming , the queen will start laying eggs in queen cups . A virgin queen will develop from a fertilized egg . The young queen larva develops differently because it is more heavily fed royal jelly , a protein - rich secretion from glands on the heads of young workers . If not for being heavily fed royal jelly , the queen larva would have developed into a regular worker bee . All bee larvae are fed some royal jelly for the first few days after hatching but only queen larvae are fed on it exclusively . As a result of the difference in diet , the queen will develop into a sexually mature female , unlike the worker bees . </P>
<P> When conditions are favorable for swarming , the queen will start laying eggs in queen cups . A virgin queen will develop from a fertilized egg . The young queen larva develops differently because it is more heavily fed royal jelly , a protein - rich secretion from glands on the heads of young workers . If not for being heavily fed royal jelly , the queen larva would have developed into a regular worker bee . All bee larvae are fed some royal jelly for the first few days after hatching but only queen larvae are fed on it exclusively . As a result of the difference in diet , the queen will develop into a sexually mature female , unlike the worker bees . </P>
when does the queen bee start laying eggs
when does the queen bee start laying eggs
When conditions are favorable for swarming
When conditions are favorable for swarming