>> But what does broodrearing have to do with making wax?
> They both involve the consumption of resources and the products of specific glands.
Yes, but the question was in the area of "how does brood rearing imply or prompt wax-making?" Clearly brood rearing can go on when wax is not being extruded by "festooned" bees, so one does not seem to prompt the other.
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