Can bees change their spots?

[Monsieur Abeille]

If a colony consists of just a queen with older bees, will some of them revert to nurse duties when she starts laying?

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[Anduril]

Short answer: Yes, to do with epigenetics.

 

[Monsieur Abeille]

Many thanks for the (short) reply - Id suspected as much but realised I didn't actually know

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[jenkinsbrynmair]

My bees have stripes

 

[Monsieur Abeille]

My bees have stripes

We must have a game sometime