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I thought that was weird since bees eat pollen and honey but when I thought about it a bit more I realized that the egg could be good food for the bees as a source of protein.
If they threw the egg out as garbage it would be a waste of protein which keeps the bees healthy.
These fun facts are taken from an excellent book written by Jurgen Tautz. It's called The Buzz About Bees - Biology of a Superorganism.