Nicolas,
Once the bees cap the cells, the larvae pupates...that is, it enters a stage
where it does not feed and, through the action of hormones, changes from a
"worm" (larvae) into a bee.  Much like a caterpillar turns into a butterfly.
Once the pupal stage is complete the now-formed bee chews its way out of the
cell; the other bees do not open the cell.
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From: Pailleux Nicolas <[log in to unmask]>
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Date: Wednesday, February 25, 1998 12:14 PM
Subject: capped cells
 
 
>Can you help me, I am not sure that when bees cap cells with larva
>inside, bo they open it before the birth into feed the larva or do they
>leave cells untill birth ?
>
>Nicolas