WORKERS, QUEENS, AND DRONES 125 



drones, and workers differ in size among 

 themselves. 



Some queens will be very large and 

 beautiful, others will be much smaller. 



Drones differ in size even more than 

 queens, some being large and well-devel- 

 oped, others being scarcely larger than 

 workers. 



Sometimes tiny little workers are seen 

 in a nest, not more than half as large as 

 the largest of their kind. 



Very likely the food given causes this 

 difference in size. Some larvae occupy 

 larger cells and better positions in the 

 combs than others, and probably receive 

 more attention from the nurses. 



The larvae that get the most food de- 

 velop into the largest and finest wasps. 



Although the wasps' nests are so won- 

 derfully constructed, they are not fitted to 

 serve as winter habitations. 



It is not necessary that they should be 

 so used, for the history of a wasp colony 



