So I've looked through the literature and I found a review article saying all of this and more. It was written by a group of respected physicians from American and French hospitals and it clearly supported the widely held belief that you should drink two to three litres of water a day.
This is a common occurrence to have your brood chamber become honey bound during the main nectar flow. A typical hive body will have a brood cluster in the middle and the outside frames will contain honey. A honey bound hive happens when brood begins to emerge, it is replaced with nectar.
The main parts of the hive are the brood box (or brood chamber) along with the frames, floor, crown board and roof. The roof. The hive roof is structured to keep the rain off the hive (bees survive cold weather very well, but becoming damp, particularly in winter, often finishes them off). Brood Box. The brood box holds the brood frames where the colony, in effect, lives.