Growing up
Newly formed bees
chew their way out
of wax-covered cells.
Like butterflies, bees
go through several
life stages. From eggs,
they hatch into squig-
gling, voracious larvae,
which must be fed
constantly by attentive
worker bees. After sev-
eral days, the workers
cap the cells with wax,
signaling the larvae
to spin a cocoon to
pupate, or finish meta-
morphosis. A week
or two later, the fully
formed bees emerge.