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Honeybees uses caves, rock cavities, and hollow trees as natural nesting sites. The nest is composed of multiple honeycomb. Western honeybees prefer nest cavities approximately 45 Liters in volume and avoid those smaller than 10 or larger than 100 Liters.
The cavity wall is coated with a thin layer of hardened plant resins (propolis). Honeycomb are attached to the wall along the cavity top and sided.
The basis nest architecture for all honeybees is similar :
Honey is stored i the upper part of the comb; beneath it are the rows of pollen-storage cell, and drone brood cells, in that order.
The peanut-shaped queen cells are normally built at the lower edge of the comb.
"When you hear buzz around the beehive, they're making honey in there"