When you think “bee,” you likely picture one species that lives all over the world: the honey bee. And honey bees have queens, a female who lays essentially all of the eggs for the colony. But most ...

A once-powerful ruler is sick. The virus threatens the entire kingdom. Previously loyal subjects plot to overthrow their leader. A new, more virile ruler ascends. “A healthy queen can lay as many as ...

In chess, the queen is the most valuable piece for a player. She’s capable of making any move, which also makes her the most protected after the king. In a bee colony, the queen holds the same rank.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The queen, on the right with a larger, darker body, is bigger than the worker bees in the colony and lives several times longer.

FERGUS FALLS, Minn. -- Every hive needs its queen, and with 2.3 million honeybee hives engaged in commercial pollination and honey production in the U.S., queen breeders such as Mark Sundberg are ...