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human
ELI5: How do beekeeper's hives stay populated while we harvest a good portion of their larvae's food? Do they really produce that much excess honey?
gpt
basically, yes. normally hives literally expand to breaking point. then large part of the population splits off, which is called a swarm, and go find a new home. we're artificially delaying that process by taking the honey, and we artificially add sugarwater, which they turn into honey, at times of shortage.