429 



I was obliged to neglect the colony for several days and as a re- 

 sult it perished. 



This queen laid a total of 302 eggs, from which but 1 1 adults were 

 reared ; 1 1 individuals disappeared in the pupal stage, 30 in the 

 larval stage, and 228 in the egg stage. Not all the young that dis- 

 appeared in this case were eaten by the cjueen, as it sometimes hap- 

 pened that they were placed in the condensed moisture around the 

 sponge and spoiled. 



It is not possible to get the exact length of the stages in this col- 

 ony, since some of the eggs disappeared before any had hatched, some 

 of the larv?e disappeared before any had pupated, and some of the 

 pupae disappeared before any adults emerged. However, if we as- 

 sume that the first 6 eggs passed through all the stages and became 

 adults, the stages would be as follows : 



For the first egg, 48 days 



For the next 2 eggs, 46 days 



For the first larva, 21 days 



" " next 



For the next egg, 47 days 



For the next 2 eggs, 44 days 



For the first pupa, 40 days 



This queen was taken as a solitary female from her cell in a corn 

 field by G. E. Sanders on May 7. At first I had her in the same nest 

 with another queen taken the same day. On May 18, 3 eggs appeared 

 in the nest, and on May 19, 2 more. I then removed one queen and 

 the 5 eggs. The remaining queen laid no eggs until May 26. 



Colony 30* 



Date 



May 26. 



" 27. 



" 28., 



" 29. 



" 30., 



" 31., 



Total 



*In this table as heretofore, the asterisk signifies missing; the dagger, injured 

 or destroyed. 



