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What is that honey looking like stuff?
July 6, 2012 at 9:53 pm
It is a mixture of pollen and perhaps some nectar that the adult female bee collects and packs into a pellet before laying her egg on it. The minute the egg hatches, the larval bee has a food supply that lasts until it pupates and emerges as an adult.
July 6, 2012 at 10:33 pm