The queen bee always mates with drones of her own colony.
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This is because the queen bee only leaves the hive once to mate with drones from other colonies, and after that, she returns to her own colony and mates exclusively with drones from her own hive. This ensures genetic diversity within the colony while also maintaining the queen's lineage.