﻿Duration 
  of 
  Life 
  in 
  the 
  Honey 
  Bee. 
  

  

  159 
  

  

  somewhat 
  exceed 
  the 
  number 
  stated 
  in 
  the 
  table; 
  in 
  other 
  respects 
  

   it 
  will 
  not 
  differ.* 
  

  

  Taking 
  this 
  table 
  as 
  our 
  guide, 
  we 
  shall 
  find 
  that 
  the 
  number 
  

   of 
  bees 
  bred 
  froin 
  January 
  to 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  June 
  (the 
  usual 
  period 
  

   of 
  swarming 
  in 
  the 
  district 
  of 
  the 
  writer 
  of 
  this 
  essay) 
  amounts 
  to 
  

   34,128; 
  add 
  to 
  this 
  the 
  6000 
  bees 
  existing 
  in 
  January,-]- 
  and 
  we 
  

  

  * 
  In 
  ibis 
  table 
  the 
  centre 
  comb 
  of 
  those 
  bracketed 
  together 
  in 
  each 
  month 
  is 
  

   supposed 
  to 
  represent 
  the 
  centre 
  comb 
  of 
  the 
  hive, 
  and 
  the 
  disposition 
  of 
  the 
  other 
  

   combs 
  v^ili 
  also 
  be 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  table. 
  

  

  t 
  This 
  addition 
  is 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  calculating 
  the 
  total 
  number 
  of 
  bees 
  

   dying 
  ; 
  we 
  shall 
  hereafter 
  see 
  that 
  not 
  one 
  of 
  these 
  bees 
  was 
  alive 
  at 
  this 
  time. 
  

  

  