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large eyes. The activities of the workers comprise the gathering of 

 nectar from flowers, the manufacture of honey from this nectar, the 

 collecting of pollen and gum, the building of the comb, the care of the 

 young, the cleaning and ventilating of the hive, and the guarding of it 

 from enemies. 



Fig. 202. — The honeybee. Apis mellifica Linnaeus. A, worker. B, queen. C, drone 

 D, portion of comb showing queen cells. E,egg. F, young larva. G, old larva. //, pupa. 

 A to C, somewhat enlarged; D, natural size; E to H, much enlarged. {From Phillips, 

 Farmers' Bull. 447, U. S. Dept. Agr.) In Z) a part of the cells are capped. 



The pollen is gathered from flowers and is used as food by all members 

 of the society, but particularly by the growing larvae. In the form in 

 which it is fed it is known as beebread. For the first three days of their 

 lives all of the larvae are fed the same kind of food, which is a bee milk 

 composed of digested honey and digested pollen. After this time the 



