the natural replacement by a young queen of the hive queen (her mother)

act of replacing one person or thing by another especially one held to be superior

the natural replacement of an established queen by a newly reared queen in the same hive. Surplus honey - honey removed from the hive which exceeds that needed by bees for their own use.

Rearing a new queen to replace the mother queen in the same hive; shortly after the daughter queen begins to lay eggs, the mother queen disappears.

a natural replacement of an established queen by a daughter in the same hive. Shortly after the young queen commences to lay eggs, the old queen disappears.