Recently hatched honeybee larvae are feeding on royal jelly for three days. Only larvae selected to become queens get royal jelly after that.

The young of honeybees are collectively called brood. In Langstroth hives each frame which is mainly brood (usually with some pollen and nectar or honey in the upper corners) is called a brood frame. Hives that are rated for pollination purposes are generally evaluated in terms of the number of frames of brood. Honebee larvae, recently hatched from eggs File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Royal jelly is a type of bee secretion that aids in the development of immature or young bees. ... Species A. mellifera — western honeybee A. cerana — eastern honeybee The honeybee is a colonial insect that is often maintained, fed, and transported by farmers. ... Langstroth hives on pallets The Langstroth bee hive is the standard beehive used in many parts of the world for bee keeping. ... SEM image of pollen grains from a variety of common plants: sunflower (Helianthus annuus), morning glory (Ipomea purpurea), hollyhock (Sildalcea malviflora), lily (Lilium auratum), primrose (Oenothera fruticosa), and castor bean (Ricinus communis). ... In Greek mythology, nectar and ambrosia are the food of the gods. ... Honey honey comb A capped frame of honeycomb Honey is a sweet and viscous fluid produced by bees and other insects from the nectar of flowers. ... The term describes the comb that is used by the queen bee to lay eggs. ... Pollination Management is the label for horticultural practices that accomplish or enhance pollination of a crop, to improve yield or quality, by understanding of the particular crops pollination needs, and by knowledgeable management of pollenizers, pollinators, and pollination conditions. ...

In modern hives the nursery area is in the brood chamber, which is generally the bottom box. Some beekeepers ensure that the queen will not go into the upper boxes (called supers or honey supers) by placing a screen called a queen excluder between the boxes. The screen has precisely measured openings through which a worker bee can pass, but not a queen. Some beekeepers do not use excluders, but try to keep the queen within the intended brood area by keeping a honey barrier, of capped honey above the brood, which the queen is reluctant to cross. In wild honeybee hives the bees tend to put the brood at bottom center, and honey to the sides and above the brood, so beekeepers are trying to follow the natural tendency of the bees. Honey supers are parts of a beehive, which are used to collect honey. ... In beekeeping the queen excluder is a selective barrier inside the beehive that allows worker bees but not the larger queens and drones to traverse the barrier. ...

In the spring, just before bees would naturally split by swarming, beekeepers often remove frames of brood, with adhering bees, to make up new starter hives, called "nucs" or nucleus colonies. In areas where the climate is mild, one frame may be sufficient to start a new colony, with an added queen. But usually two to three frames are used, together with a frame that is predominantly honey. This insures that there will be enough adult bees to protect the brood from death by chilling overnight (aptly called "chilled brood"), and sufficient feed if there are a few rainy days when bees cannot gather nectar. School of juvenile herring - many fish have the opercula wide open for ram feeding and you can see the red gills The term swarm (schooling or swarming) is applied to fish, birds and insects and describes a behavior of an aggregation (school) of animals of similar size and body orientation... Beekeeping (or apiculture) is the maintenance of one or more hives of honeybees. ...

Bee brood frames are composed of eggs, larvae and pupae. In each cell of honeycomb, the queen lays an egg, glueing it to the bottom of the cell. As it hatches, worker bees add royal jelly, a secretion from glands on the heads of young bees. For three days the young larvae are fed royal jelly, then they are fed nectar or diluted honey and pollen. A few female larvae may be selected to become queens, and these are flooded with royal jelly for six days. This speeds up development, but also makes a larger adult, as she will have fully developed ovaries, ie. she will be sexually mature. The term describes the comb that is used by the queen bee to lay eggs. ... An average Whooping Crane egg is 102 mm long, and weighs 208 grams A baby tortoise emerges from a reptile egg. ... A larva (Latin; plural larvae) is a juvenile form of animal with indirect development, undergoing metamorphosis (for example, insects or amphibians). ... Chrysalis of Gulf Fritillary in Georgetown, South Carolina Pupation of Aglais urticae A pupa (plural: pupae or pupas) is the life stage of some insects undergoing transformation. ... A honeycomb is a mass of hexagonal wax cells built by honeybees in their nests to contain their larvae and stores of honey and pollen. ... For the Queen bee in clique & social groups, see Clique Peanut-like queen brood cells extend outward and downward from the broodcomb. ... Royal jelly is a type of bee secretion that aids in the development of immature or young bees. ...

Older larvae in open cells. On the lower left is one about to pupate. On the upper right is one partly capped.

Young larvae eat their way through the royal jelly in a circular pattern (see photo above) until they become crowded (see photo at right), then they stretch out lengthwise in the cell. Soon they begin to spin a cocoon, and their older sisters cap the cell as they go into the pupa stage. These collectively are called "capped brood." Older larvae and capped pupa brood Image copyleft: Image taken by me, released under GFDL Pollinator 03:32, Nov 9, 2004 (UTC) ( ) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Cocoon has a number of meanings. ...

Queen Bee is a novel; and a feature film (1955) starring Joan Crawford which is based upon the novel. ... A worker bee is a female honeybee which performs certain tasks in a beehive. ... Drones are male honeybees. ...

See also

• Africanized bee
• Apiary - a yard where behives are kept
• Apitherapy - human therapy using bee venom
• Bee
• Bee anatomy (mouth)
• Bee learning and communication
• Bee venom therapy - also called apitherapy
• Beehive
• Beekeeping
• Beekeeping leading practices
• Brood (honeybee) - the grub and larval form of the bee
• Buckfast hybrid bee
• Characteristics of common wasps and bees
• Deseret - the beehive and its symbolism to the Church of Later-Day Saints (Mormons)
• Drone bee
• Diseases of the honeybee
• Honeybee
• Honeybee life cycle
• Laying worker bee - this worker will produce only drone bees
• List of honeybee races
• Pesticide toxicity to bees
• Swarming
• Supercedure - replacement of a reigning queen by her workers
• Queen bee - a single egg laying bee capable of producing workers, drones, and queens
• Top bar hive - an alternative to the Langsthroth box hive, with some advantages for casual beekeeping
• Virgin queen
• Western honeybee
• Worker bee - including the many tasks performed by this class of bee during her short lifetime