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> Just because something has not been observed before or has been discounted before does not mean it’s not possible.
Of course, in science "absence of proof is not proof of absence." However, I would offer the following as evidence that bees probably don't move eggs. The work involved banking queens for many months in cages which contained comb so they could lay eggs. The authors do not report any eggs being moved nor any supersedure cells being constructed.
Wyborn, M. H., M. L. Winston, and P. H. Laflamme. "Mass storage of honey bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) queens during the winter." The Canadian Entomologist 125.1 (1993): 113-128.
I kept multiple queens in cages in a hive last summer to see for myself. I constructed 4" x 4" queen cages with comb, which the queens used to raise brood. The bees maintained the queens, and never moved any eggs. Ants, on the other hand move eggs all the time. There have been claims that bees have been seen doing it, but no photos. Yet.
PLB
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