248 THE HUMBLE-BEE x 
queen failed then to come to the rescue that the eggs 
were jeopardised. 
August 7, 4.40 A.M. Again the cell has com- 
pletely disappeared. Peace reigns. 
3-5 P.M. The foundation of a new cell is begun. 
3.20 P.M. The cell wall is already 4 inch high. 
The workers, which show the usual excitement, are 
more busy working at it than the queen. They 
seem even to add wax to it, certainly they take none 
away. Only one bee works at the cell at a time. 
At this stage the queen makes no attempt to stop the 
workers, except on rare occasions when she wishes 
to work at the cell herself, and then a slight push is 
sufficient to displace them. 
3.40 P.M. About six workers are busy at the cell, 
taking turns at the work. It grows in height, and 
the queen still visits it so seldom that it seems clear 
the workers are building it and not merely interfering 
with it. 
The queen had her first egg laid at 4.10, 
7 Seconan ys 4.114, 
i third 5 4.123, 
;, fourth ng 4.134, 
50 fifth ee 4.15, 
yo Suk Ole « 4.174, 
; Seventh.’ =, 4.19, 
» eighth A: 4.20, 
~~ ninth A 4.214, 
and had the cell sealed at As23; 
She lifted her tail out of the cell between the 
laying of each egg. On each occasion the time her 
