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one remains; the survivor then becomes the new queen. if one of the sisters emerges before the others, she may kill her siblings while they are still pupae, before they have a chance to emerge as adults. once she has dispatched all of her rivals, the new queen, the only fertile female , lays all the eggs
for the old colony, which her mother has left. virgin females are able to lay eggs, which develop into males (a trait shared with wasps, bees, and ants because of haplodiploidy ). however, she requires a mate to produce female offspring, which comprise % or more of bees in the colony at any given time...
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