Uploaded May 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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What is the largest insect queen? In this video, we compare the sizes of different queen insects. Bumblebee queens are fairly large. Wasp queens are large as well. Ant queens can grow to an impressive size, but the largest queen insect is the termite queen. This video answers the following questions:

How big is a queen bee?
How big is a queen bumblebee?
How big is a queen wasp?
How big is a queen ant?
How big is a queen termite?
What's the biggest queen insect?
What's the biggest insect queen?

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Specimen use made possible by the University of Michigan Museum of Zoology

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