they dont die right away, it takes about a week. this also, those bees in the defense cohort are in the sunset of life, they will die of old age in 1 or 2 week

they dont die right away, it takes about a week. this also, those bees in the defense cohort are in the sunset of life, they will die of old age in 1 or 2 weeks. non-regal bees have a life span of ~5weeks in warm season, this allows a turnover of labour specialties tuned to the situation at hand. in winter bees change and live about 7months. i regularily overwinter my hives up here.