The reign of the queen-bee

The queen-bee is the head of a reign composed of more than fifty thousand worker-bees and a few hundred drones. Well cared for, fondled and fed, she lays hundreds of eggs every day. None of the worker-bees can lay eggs and compete with her.
The queen-bee insures her dominion by emitting a chemical called the 'queen-bee substance' that calms the other bees and gives them a feeling of well-being, while inhibiting the sexual development of the worker-bees, who therefore remain sterile. Only in late spring is there rebellion in the air: when the family has reached the apex of its development, the 'queen-bee substance' becomes scarce.
This generates a bad mood and a sense of abandonment in the beehive. This is when swarming starts. The bees build some queen cells, bigger than the others and