Fun Fact: Bees will leave about 10 to 15% of brood comb with no eggs.This is deliberate. Heater bees who are hot from warming up will dunk their bodies into these empty cells and rapidly telescope their bodies for a period of time and then rest.
The pumping bee is heating up the wax and adjacent cells. Previously it was thought these empty cells were missed by the queen.
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