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Meet the Housekeeping Bee!Housekeeping duties are one of the first jobs that young honeybees are assigned. Housekeeping Bees clean up used cells that have been emptied, such as brood cells in the nurs … read more

The Answer is Royal JellyBiologists interested in nutrition point to the queen as an example of how diet can make an incredible difference in the development of an animal. The only difference between … read more

Meet The Babies!There are three stages in the development of a Bee. The first is the egg stage. The queen lays an egg in the bottom of each cell. The egg is centered in the cell and one end is stuck t … read more

Meet The Baby Queen!There are also three stages in the development of a Queen Bee. But the cell of the Queen Bee is different from a normal bee. It is larger, and, in domestic bee boxes, the Queen cel … read more

Meet the Scout Bee!The Scout Bee is a worker bee that has several specialized functions. First, the Scout Bee searches the area surrounding the hive for sources of pollen, nectar and propolis. Al … read more