@Vree  
Actually, if you really want to go that route, that would only be when there is no queen, and even then the to-be queen would be a baby. If there still is a queen, the new queen would be groomed to be one from birth, along with a handful of siblings, at which point the first to reach adulthood would kill the rest, unless two reached adulthood at the same time and the workers managed to keep them from killing eachother, at which point the hive would be divided, with one queen leaving to make a new one. The old queen, of course, would have already died or left with part of the hive.
 
/bee sperging
 
What would royal love be, anyway?

….its Shining’s.

Except rather then this, they randomly select a drone to be fed with royal love, causing it to grow in size and eventually turn into the next queen.
 
But, you know, this is sweet too.

Aww. That is so sweet <3

Now… boop.

@Star Cavalcade  
Because entropy dictates energy will be lost even in a closed system.

A mother’s love.  
Makes you wonder why they have to look elsewhere to find love to feed on.

Hush my little one… You must be exausted
 
Let your dreams take wing… Some day when you’re big and strong, you will be a Queen~

Sweet creativity!
 
IT SHALL BE REWARDED! (fave)