The dish uses drone bee larvae, which organic beekeepers get rid of anyway, once they have matured, because they attract mites.

In addition to beehives, the remains of bees and bee larvae and pupae were also found.

As in the case of most bees, adult willow mining bees drink nectar, whereas willow mining bee larvae feed both on nectar and pollen.

The hornets often attack hives to obtain the honey bee larvae as food for their own larvae.

When exposed in the laboratory to chlorpyrifos at levels roughly estimated from measurements in hives, bee larvae experienced 60% mortality over 6 days, compared with 15% mortality in controls.