Module pybeepop.beepop.egg

BeePop+ Egg Module.

This module contains the Egg class that represents the earliest stage of honey bee development. Eggs are laid by the queen and represent the beginning of the bee lifecycle before hatching into larvae.

Eggs in the simulation develop over a fixed period (typically 3 days) before transitioning to the larval stage. They require no resources during development.

Classes

class Egg (number=0)

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class Egg(Bee):
    """Egg stage honey bee class representing the earliest development stage.

    This class models honey bee eggs laid by the queen. Eggs represent the
    initial stage of bee development and require no resources while developing
    over a fixed incubation period before hatching into larvae.

    Eggs are not susceptible to mite infestation.
    They transition to larvae after completing their development period.

    Attributes:
        number (int): Population count for this egg cohort (inherited from Bee)
        age (float): Development age in days (inherited from Bee)
        alive (bool): Whether this cohort is alive (inherited from Bee)
    """

    def __init__(self, number=0):
        """Initialize a new Egg cohort.

        Creates an egg population with specified initial size. Eggs have
        no additional attributes beyond the base Bee class as they are
        the simplest life stage.

        Args:
            number (int, optional): Initial population size for this egg
                cohort. Defaults to 0.
        """
        super().__init__(number)

    def __str__(self):
        return f"Egg(number={self.number}, age={self.age}, alive={self.alive})"

Egg stage honey bee class representing the earliest development stage.

This class models honey bee eggs laid by the queen. Eggs represent the initial stage of bee development and require no resources while developing over a fixed incubation period before hatching into larvae.

Eggs are not susceptible to mite infestation. They transition to larvae after completing their development period.

Attributes

number : int

Population count for this egg cohort (inherited from Bee)

age : float

Development age in days (inherited from Bee)

alive : bool

Whether this cohort is alive (inherited from Bee)

Initialize a new Egg cohort.

Creates an egg population with specified initial size. Eggs have no additional attributes beyond the base Bee class as they are the simplest life stage.

Args

number : int, optional

Initial population size for this egg cohort. Defaults to 0.

Ancestors

• Bee