Originally posted by TonyEnglish
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The death of a single Worker Bee has (statisitically) no impact on the survival of the Hive or indeed the Bee Population.
Generally speaking she is infertile.
Her individual foraging is negligible.
Unless she is a he (Drone) in which case:
He doesn't do any foraging
(Statistically) the loss of his genes is irrelevant
"All" Bees basically die because they "can't get home" ie Foraging Workers don't make it back.......
Drones, Queens and Guards (pre-Foraging Workers who defend the Hive (and as you know die if they sting stuff) are numerically only a tiny number......
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