Key Words:

Brood – Young honey bees in a hive that are not yet adults (eggs, larvae, pupae). The first 3 life stages

Hatch – When the egg opens and a small white worm (the larva) comes out

Cocoon – The sack or bag that the larva makes for itself before it changes into a pupa. You cannot see this cocoon because it is under a wax cap. (one pupa, many pupae)

Emerge – When the pupa inside the capped cell has changed into an adult and chews its way out of the capped cell

Open Brood - when the brood is in the egg or larva stage and you can see it when you look into the cells. (Not capped)

Capped Brood - brood that is covered by beeswax. Worker bees cap, or cover the cells with beeswax when the larva is ready to become a pupa. Pupae are capped brood.

Bee Bread - food made from honey and pollen that worker bees make and feed to the open worker and drone larvae

Royal Jelly – special food that worker bees make to feed the worker and drone larvae for the first 2days. The drone, and worker larvae are only fed a little bit of Royal Jelly, and then they are fed bee bread. The queen larvae are fed only royal jelly.

Fertilized Egg – An egg from the queen that has been joined with the sperm from a drone.

Unfertilised Egg – An egg that has not joined with a sperm.