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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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.

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