Growth of bees

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Mklangelo

May 05, 2007, 11:18:56 PM
Do Workers grow in size after emergence? 

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MrILoveTheAnts

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May 05, 2007, 11:50:40 PM
No, but their abdomen may appear bigger depending on how much food they have in their crop.

Michael Bush

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May 05, 2007, 11:53:36 PM
>Do Workers grow in size after emergence?

In my experience, for the first three days, yes.  After that, no.
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