| gptkbp:instanceOf | gptkb:entomologist 
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                                | gptkbp:abdomenShape | Long and pointed 
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                                | gptkbp:bodyLength | Larger than workers and drones 
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                                | gptkbp:canBeAggressiveToOtherQueens | Yes 
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                                | gptkbp:canBeArtificiallyInseminated | Yes 
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                                | gptkbp:canBeIdentifiedByBehavior | Yes 
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                                | gptkbp:canBeIdentifiedByMarking | Yes 
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                                | gptkbp:canBeIdentifiedByShape | Yes 
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                                | gptkbp:canBeIntroducedToNewColony | Yes 
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                                | gptkbp:canBeKilledByWorkers | Yes 
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                                | gptkbp:canBeMarkedByBeekeepers | Yes 
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                                | gptkbp:canBePurchasedByBeekeepers | Yes 
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                                | gptkbp:canBeRearedByBeekeepers | Yes 
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                                | gptkbp:canBeReplacedIfFailing | Yes 
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                                | gptkbp:canBeSuperseded | Yes 
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                                | gptkbp:cannotBuildComb | Yes 
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                                | gptkbp:cannotCareForBrood | Yes 
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                                | gptkbp:cannotForage | Yes 
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                                | gptkbp:canSwarmWithColony | Yes 
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                                | gptkbp:colonyPopulationControl | By pheromones 
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                                | gptkbp:controlsColony | By pheromones 
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                                | gptkbp:developedBy | Fertilized egg 
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                                | gptkbp:developmentType | 16 days from egg to adult 
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                                | gptkbp:eggLayingDeclinesWithAge | Yes 
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                                | gptkbp:eggLayingPeak | Spring and early summer 
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                                | gptkbp:emergesFrom | Queen cell 
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                                | gptkbp:fedWith | Royal jelly 
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                                | gptkbp:feedSystem | Worker bees 
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                                | gptkbp:fertilizedBy | Drone bees 
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                                | gptkbp:foundIn | gptkb:Beehive 
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                                | gptkbp:laysEggs | Yes 
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                                | gptkbp:laysEggsPerDay | Up to 2,000 
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                                | gptkbp:laysFertilizedEggs | Produce workers and queens 
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                                | gptkbp:laysUnfertilizedEggs | Produce drones 
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                                | gptkbp:lifespan | 2-5 years 
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                                | gptkbp:matesWith | Multiple drones 
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                                | gptkbp:matingFlight | Yes 
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                                | gptkbp:primaryUse | Egg laying 
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                                | gptkbp:produces | Pheromones 
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                                | gptkbp:replacedBy | New queen bee 
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                                | gptkbp:replacesBy | Supersedure 
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                                | gptkbp:role | Reproductive female in bee colony 
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                                | gptkbp:species | gptkb:Apis_mellifera 
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                                | gptkbp:sting | Yes, but rarely used 
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                                | gptkbp:stingUse | Against rival queens 
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                                | gptkbp:storesSperm | In spermatheca 
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                                | gptkbp:vitalForColonySurvival | Yes 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsParent | gptkb:Ann-Margret 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsLayer | 5 
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                                | https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label | Queen Bees 
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