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Eggs and pupae -- Predators outside the hive -- Pampering the queen -- Larvae -- Student and faculty bees -- Overview of the hive -- The bees swarming
Eggs and Pupae
 

 
Nurse bees tending the eggs.


 
A bee cleaning cells with its long tongue.


 
A bee, capping the pupae (rolled up socks) into tubes so that they can grow.


 
Transporting an egg from the queen to the nurse bees, where it will be transformed into a larva. Eggs were carried on the back of the hand - sometimes eggs fall and are broken or lost.


 
Caring for pupae.


 
Carrying a pupa to be encapsulated. You can see that many bees in these photos are buzzing loudly through kazoos.


 
A bee handing a larva to another bee who will carry it through the hive.


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