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Old-style landing board	landing board    See it a small, angled platform at the entrance of the hive on which bees descend and settle after flying, also referred to as an alighting board.  Some refer to a landing board's frame as a "hive stand", but this is not a correct use of the term. See also: Starter Hive, hive stand, Ramped Bottom Board, Ultimate Bottom Board
Larvae are clearly visible in some of the open cells	larva (plural, larvae)    See it an immature honeybee, in a white, legless, grub-like form, which develops within a brood cell; the larval form is the second stage of bee metamorphosis, following the egg stage and preceding the pupal stage.  In this illustration, you can see the shiny, pearl-white larvae curled up snugly in their brood cells. See also: bee metamorphosis, Queen and Her Brood, Queen Laying Eggs
	laying worker a worker that lays infertile eggs, producing only drones; occurs in honeybee colonies with a weak queen or which are without a queen, being unable to raise a new one
	levulose See fructose

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