..... and it's humming
in the mangrove swamp.

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The queen bee is fed by her courtiers

The queen bee is fed by her courtiers, not only with food. It is supplied by this also with hormones (juvenile hormone), which is required for the development of the enormous number of eggs. Experiments have shown that the queen will still lays eggs on the same scale, if she can themselves do not produce longer this hormone in her body.