Is just the queen honey bee fed royal jelly? What do the other adult bees eat?

eliochel
Feb 17, 2023
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Well, actually those secretions from various glands of the young worker bees are mixed into different forms of “royal jelly”. The queen is fed one form, worker larvae another, drone larvae a slightly different form and so on. Even adults such as returning foragers receive some of this jelly as a “reward” from the young adult nurse or house bees.

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Is just the queen honey bee fed royal jelly? What do the other adult bees eat?

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