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"Strange behavior of queen bee: What is happening in the egg laying process? I have recently noticed a strange behavior in my bee colony, which you can also see in the video. The queen bee checks the cells, inserts her ovipositor, and then immediately moves to another cell. She is doing this process repeatedly, but is not laying eggs. It is worth noting that in the last 10-15 days, the queen had laid a very good amount of perfect eggs, which are now ready to form a good brood. But now she is not

298K views · 1.8K reactions | An alien queen.. During her 15-year...

5.6K views · 248 reactions | Scientists have confirmed a never-before-seen type of insect behavior: ants that engage in matricide, killing a colony’s queen. And they do it by getting the queen’s own ants to turn on her. All it takes is parasitic ants to spray a foul-smelling chemical that convinces worker ants that their mother insect is actually someone very different. | Popular Science | Facebook