After the third or fourth day of emergence, the worker queens mutilate and expel the alien queen from the colony. The current hypothesis for the observed worker bee aggression is thought to be from the wrong blend of queen pheromones released from the alien queen.
After the third or fourth day of emergence, worker bees attack and expel the alien queen from the colony. The current hypothesis for the observed worker bee aggression is thought to be due to a wrong blend of queen pheromones released by the alien queen.