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Jon Christie, owner of Wild Mountain Bees, locates the queen bee in the hive. We take a look at her distinguishing features as she searches for an empty cell to fertilize the worker eggs. The queen takes one flight out of the hive, soon after she hatches and gains her strength. During that flight, she mates with as many other drones as possible and carries their sperm back with her to the hive. She is then responsible for laying the eggs and fertilizing them for the rest of her life.