Honeybee queens are not made by diet alone. Worker bees build custom “royal cribs” and create a carefully controlled environment that helps transform an ordinary larva into the colony’s future ruler. Credit: Shutterstock For many years, scientists believed the recipe for creating a queen honeybee was straightforward: give a developing larva plenty of royal jelly, and it becomes the colony's ruler. A new study suggests the reality is far more complex. Researchers have discovered that future