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Bee brood

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In beekeeping, bee brood refers to the eggs, larvae and pupae of honey bees as they develop inside the cells of a hive. In movable-frame hives such as the Langstroth hive, a frame given over mostly to these developing bees is called a brood frame, typically holding some stored pollen and nectar or honey in its upper corners alongside cells at various stages of brood development or left empty. During the brood-rearing season the colony reuses cells as bees emerge from them, converting the same cells to raise further brood or to store honey and pollen depending on the hive's needs. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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