Bess and Flowers Because there are so many types of flowers, bees will focus, and gather nectar from the same types of flower. This way they are able to gather far more nectar, utilizing the same amount of time and energy. Empty Flowers Bees don't have to mess around looking into every flower for nectar. The forager that has taken the last drop of nectar from a flower marks it with a chemical empty signal. This signal fades when the flower's nectar has been restored. A Busy Queen In the summertime, the Queen will lay up to 2,000 eggs per day. One egg per cell. This amount of eggs is about equal to her body weight - each day! The larvae will leave the egg case after about 3 days. 7 days later the larvae spin a cocoon around themselves , and the worker bees cap the cell. Feeding Baby Bees Young Nurse bees have supplied the cells with Royal Jelly. The Nurse bees eat lots of pollen in order for the Royal Jelley to be just right. As the larvae grow, the Nurse Bees mix their diet with more honey, and pollen. The larvae whose diet of Royal Jelley consists of 36% sugar become Queens. (among other reasons.) The rest, only 10% sugar. Worker larvae in their last developmental stage get no Royal Jelley at all. Queen larvae are fed Royal Jelly in far greater amounts and frequency than workers.