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ELEMENTARY ENTOMOLOGY 



The queen bee 

 is much larger 

 than the work- 

 er, and has a 

 long, pointed 

 body. She is 

 developed in a 

 special cell sev- 

 eral times the 

 size of an or- 

 dinary cell and 

 readily distin- 

 guishable, as it 

 extends at a 

 right angle to 



FIG. 434. Queen cells of the honey-bee, and worker brood in , , ,, 



various stages 1S< 



n f~* I */\ T" VJ-iP 5\ 1*6"* 

 (After Benton, United States Department of Agriculture) 



all fed by the 



workers, who provide honey and bee-bread, composed of pollen and 

 nectar, for the ordinary cells which are to develop workers and 



FIG. 435. Honey-bees building comb (side of hive removed) 

 (After Benton, United States Department of Agriculture) 



