| 1 | They house the queen bee and her brood of baby bees. | |
| 2 | The most important member of any hive is the queen bee. | |
| 3 | Meanwhile, male"drones"have only one job: mating with the queen. | |
| 4 | When a swarm pours itself out through the front slot of the hive, the queen bee can only follow. | |
| 5 | A queen excluder is generally used to keep the queen from laying eggs in the area where |