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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
Queen Bees
 

 
A queen bee, being pampered by her subjects.


 
Pampering includes feeding, face painting, entertaining, and hair combing.


 
The queen bee lays eggs and gives them to the workers, who take them to the nurse bees to be cared for.


 
Another queen bee.

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The school webmaster, pretending to be queen bee, after the swarm.


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