From MSN LIFE CYCLE OF THE BEE
Honey
Bee From Egg to Adult
The queen honey bee may lay 1500 eggs in a single day.
Worker bees feed the wormlike larva constantly—as many as 1300 times a
day—after it hatches, sealing the cell when the grub has grown to fill
it. The larva pupates in about 12 days, and the adult bee chews through
the wax cap of its cell approximately three weeks after the eggs were
first laid. Newly emerged adults perform various maintenance tasks until
they are ready to begin foraging outside the hive. |
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