Beekeepers must lift and remove three to four heavy boxes per hive, each weighing between 30 to 80 pounds, to manage it properly. Within a hive, there are two main sections: the brood chamber, where ...

The bottom super functions as a brood chamber that houses the queen, eggs, larvae, pupae, immature bees, and their food. Many beekeepers top this with a flat screen called a queen excluder to prevent ...

This means that for the majority of bees, a female constructs a nest for herself and provisions each chamber in the nest with food for the larval stage of her brood.

Each brood chamber is stocked with one or a few living but paralysed honeybees, with an egg laid on the top bee. The larvae enjoy fresh food as they develop, before spinning a cocoon and ...

Melissococcus plutonius is the causative agent of European foulbrood (EFB), which is a serious brood disease of the European honey bee (Apis mellifera).