ELEMENTARY STUDIES IN INSECT LIFE 



reared, and are different from those in which the worker 

 and drone bees are reared. Figure (>0 shows the large 

 queen cells extending out from the comb, not unlike 

 a peanut in shape. These, it might be added, are cells 

 which have been constructed in an artificial way ; that 

 is, when the bees are forced to produce a queen out of 

 the regular swarming season. At the regular season of 



FIG. 60. Brood corub, showing queen cells protruding. 



the year, when the bees give regular attention to rear- 

 ing a few queens, the queen cells will be found usually 

 at the ends and bottom of the comb. 



These young queens will become fertile and begin 

 laying eggs when they are ten to twelve days old. An 

 active queen will deposit from two to three thousand 

 eggs daily. She is of great service to her colony for 

 two years, and may live still longer. The queen is in- 

 tensely jealous, and will brook no rival in her domain. 

 The appearance of another queen is a signal for a 

 battle, which generally terminates in the death of one. 

 It is on such occasions only that queens use their stings. 



