Queen honey bee marked with a blue heart. Credit: Shelley Hoover What sounds like the storyline of a medieval palace drama often plays out in real-life honey bee colonies. A once-strong ruler weakens, her supporters turn against her, and a dramatic change in leadership follows. For bees, these events are not rare. These internal takeovers carry both risks and benefits for colonies and for the agricultural systems that rely on them. This replacement process, known as supersedure, begins when

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