Untitled Document Honeybees are one of the most social insects in the animal kingdom. The queen is the longest of all bees and can sting countless numbers of times. Lacking organs which enable her to work, the queen's only job is to reproduce. The queen lays about 1500 eggs per day for about 1 - 3 years, or until she dies.
Royal jelly is made for the queen and larvae.
Worker eggs hatch in three days and are fed royal jelly for two days. Although all workers are female, they work at all times and can't reproduce. The male drones are very different bees than the workers. They don't work or sting, but they mate with the queen and then die afterwards. Drones are driven out of the hive in the fall because of their uselessness in the winter.