HONEYBEE BIOLOGYWorker Larva/Queen Larva Caste Differentation

摘要

THE question: "What causes the change from worker to queen before the three-day-old larval stage?" has troubled beekeepers and scientists alike for many years. It is of course a 'pre-ordained' biological metamorphosis resulting from particular coincident processes viz:- In Nature:Larva in a particular location, ie, queen cell.