Bees choose their location and build their nests for their convenience. Thus, nests are often high up or in a hard to reach place. They will usually choose a protected space, such as a hollow in a rock or tree, and inner construction is organized in a similar way to the artificial hive with parallel,vertically laid out sections of honeycomb. Cells are built with a plan in mind – from bottom to top, you will find cells that will house queen, drone, then worker brood cells. Storage of pollen and honey can be found above these. A honey bee colony can consist of between 40,000 to 80,000 bees.