Larva

Another surprise. I broke open one of the cells to find that it was actually FULL of larva, not just one. This one accidently broke open, but when i saw it, I opened a smaller one. and it contained a single pupa. Not sure how that works with this type of bee. Multiple eggs for insurance, then winner takes all? I have never heard of bees doing that, but then i have never seen anything about them laying more then one egg per cell in the hive either.

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon (Aculeata - Bees, Ants, and other Stinging Wasps)
No Taxon (Anthophila (Apoidea) - Bees)
Family Apidae (Cuckoo, Carpenter, Digger, Bumble, and Honey Bees)
Subfamily Apinae (Honey, Bumble, and Digger Bees)
Tribe Bombini (Bumble Bees)
Genus Bombus (Bumble Bees)
Species melanopygus (Bombus melanopygus)