LONDON -There is a queen bee in the hive, which has a much longer life span. "When the queen bees lay their eggs, worker bees can determine whether the resulting larvae will become adult worker bee or a queen bee adult," he explained.
He further said, the type of food consumed by larvae determine the outcome of development. Will be the worker bee larvae when fed with pollen and nectar diet.
While the bees are going to be the queen bee, the larvae must be fed royal jelly. "These differences in diet, maintained over a lifetime worker bee or a queen bee," he concluded.
Researchers from the UK and Australia claim to be able to unlock the genetic code of the honey bee. They can also show the relationship between nutrition, environment and development of insects.
Reported by the BBC, Tuesday (12/11/2012), scientists were also able to open a high degree of sensitivity associated genetic secrets of honey bees to environmental changes. In addition, they also gain new insights to uncover problems such as Colony Collapse Disorder related to the mysterious death of bees en masse.
"Honeybees live in a complex social environment with tens of thousands of individuals (bees)," said Paul Hurd of Queen Mary, University of London. He said the majority of female insects "workers" can not reproduce.
Rather than reproducing, the females more often forage in flowers. In addition, other tasks such as caring for larvae in the nest.
