I recently saw a photo of a worker bee with an egg in its mandibles. I wrote to the person who had taken the photo and asked about it. He said


For a creature that use wax from its body to build a home and collect nectar for winter,  the concept of moving an egg does not seem far fetched.

The idea of shooting a hive full of smoke,  and observing a bee carrying a tiny egg in its mouth with a face that points downward,  using eye that have trouble with Larva,  that seems to be quite the stretch.

Charles

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