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2.6 Hive Reproduction
    1. When the brood nest gets congested with lots of workers, the workers create more queens
    2. Two queens typically won't live in the same hive
      1. Typically the existing queen will leave once the new queen cells are capped.
    3. When the hive swarms, lead workers secrete a pheromone that workers and the queen follow
    4. About half the colony leaves with the queen
    5. This is a SWARM (on a branch it's called a cluster)
It's True! It's True! The picture is of a brood frame. You can see the covered cells that currently contain pupae.
Tip Tip Bees that have space to expand into tend not to swarm.
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3The Hive
4Hive Maintenance
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