# @science on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DPxahcZDZ-H
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/35593379-science-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/c51710b27a.jpg
- **Posted:** 2025-10-14T02:00:19.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Science 🧬 (@science) — https://gondola.cc/science

## Caption

🐝 Virgin queens mate early in their lives and only attend one mating flight. After several matings during this flight, a queen stores up to 100 million sperm within her oviducts. However, only five to six million are stored within the queen's spermatheca. The queen uses only a few of these sperm at a time to fertilize eggs throughout her life. If a queen runs out of sperm in her lifetime, new generations of queens will mate and produce their own colonies.⁠
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#bees #queenbee #bee #mating #mates #biology #science

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mating, science, bees, bee, mates, queenbee, biology

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