WOW!
Immediately, she has a fight on her hands…er, legs. She will seek out the current queen and begin a fight to the death. The loser dies. The winner rules
I knew only one queen could rule over a hive but... this is quite aggressive! I learned so much from this post! thank you
It does seem like a brutal way to determine the ruler of the hive, but that is how it is. I guess it eliminates weak queens which would be beneficial for the long term health of the hive.
True... putting it that way makes sense. But dang... glad I'm not a bee!