Bees hide a surprising secret.

When the hive loses its queen, who alone is able to give life to the colony and maintain order in a perfectly organized society, all seems lost. The life of the hive slows down. Without new eggs, the future is lost. In a few weeks, the colony may be doomed.

But the bees do not panic. Nor do they expect salvation from outside.

Demonstrating extraordinary collective intelligence and profound instincts, they trigger spectacular emergency procedures, almost unimaginable in a world dominated by insects.

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◆ The transformation begins with a simple but essential choice

The worker bees choose common larvae - those who would normally be mere workers. They are nothing special. They are not born different. But their fate changes completely.

They are chosen to receive a special food: royal jelly. A rare substance, produced by healthy bees, rich in proteins, vitamins and bioactive compounds. This is royal food in the purest sense of the word.

The larvae fed exclusively with this substance no longer follow the normal path. Within a few days, their bodies develop differently. The ovaries become active. The body grows larger, stronger. Life span multiplied by almost twenty.

She will not work. She will command. She will not follow a routine. She will give life.

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The queen is not chosen based on her genes. She is created.

What makes this process so fascinating is that worker bees and queens share the same genetic code. DNA does not determine destiny. It is nutrition. Attention. The decisions of the hive.

It is as if, in a humane society, you could take an ordinary child and, by giving them the necessary care, environment and support, make them an extraordinary leader. Without genetic intervention. Without fireworks. Just with support and vision.

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A leader is born out of a crisis

This metamorphosis does not just save the larvae. It saves the entire colony.

Once the new queen is ready, she takes over the hive, begins to lay eggs, restores ordder.

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Beautiful!

In this case, nurture over nature.

Fascinating.

I suspect legit mind over matter. I'm curious if this works in a lab without any colony attention.

Some examples of how things in nature work are fascinating when you think about humans. Why do we need to be 'taught' what to and how much to eat and drink, how to exercise, how to sleep and the list goes on. We are more 'trained' than we think.

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💡Wow! Thanks for sharing!

Loved that. Thank you. 🧡✨ By the way, a good movie 🍿 https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_beekeeper_2024 🎥🎬

So interesting, thanks for that

Didn’t know about that, thanks for the information 💜

Not only that. If the hive has the opinion the queen is not good, like she is not fertile enough or she is ill, the hive will kill the queen and make a new one. The queen leads but the might is with her folk.

Very interesting!

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Queen Bee 🐝 🧡

Now do the grasshopper / locust transformation...which is even more impressive.

Queens don't lead anything, they're just the reproductive system for the hive.

Spectacular how bees self-regate inside the hive. Bees are also fundamental to human life. What a crazy animal 😍🐝

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That’s really awesome!

For one reader or another this post made me tear up. 🥲

Nature is a mirror.

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Wow that’s amazing!

who is this queen bee ?