Oct. 24. 1901 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL, 



685 



Development of the Queen. 



In lileaniu^s in Bee-Culture, Dr. C. C. 

 Miller discusses the matter of queen deTeloji- 

 ment. After considering the time from the 

 laying of the egg to hatching, and to the 

 sealing of the larva, he says : 



The most important of the questions, from 

 a practical standpoint, is, " How long from 

 the laying of the egg to the emerging of tlie 

 <iueen V In the American Bee Journal, Vol. 

 I., page Itlfl, in a chapter of the able series of 

 articles on the Dzierzou theory, by the Baron 

 of Berlepsch, after detailing some experi- 

 ments, he says: 



•• These experiments show that the opinion 

 generally entertained, that the queens emerge 

 between the 17th and ISth day after the eggs 

 are laid, is correct." 



The time of writing this, however, ante- 

 dates the publication of the Journal, 1.S61 ; 

 and elsewhere in general throughout the vol- 

 ume 16 days is accounted the proper time. 

 Indeed, on page 26l5, Dzierzon gives a detinite 

 case in which the time was only 15 days. 

 Sixteen days has of late years been accounted 

 the orthodox term. I think, in general, in all 

 the books excepting Cowan's, which gives l.i 

 days. This year I though: I would refer the 

 two latter questions to the bees, so as to get a 

 positive answer in at least one case. July is. 

 at 10 a.m., I took from No, 85 its brood, leav- 

 ing in the hive foundation and one comb con- 

 taining some sealed brood, this comb having 

 been kept for more than a week where there 

 was no possibility of a queen laying in it. 

 Four days later I gave this comb to No. 35, 

 after having removed from No. 35 its queen 

 and brood. July 26, at 10 a.m., when the 

 oldest brood could not have been more than 

 eight days old, I found 20 sealed queen-cells 

 on the comb, and seven unsealed. The proof 

 is clear and positive that these 20 cells that 

 were sealed contained larv;e not any more 

 than eight days from the laying of the egg. 

 It is reasonable to suppose that the seven un- 

 sealed cells contained younger larvie. Desir- 

 ing to save all the cells. I did not wait till 

 any of the occupants were quite 15 days old 

 from the laying of the egg, but opened the 

 hiveatii:45 a.m.. Aug. 2. I was doomed to 

 disappointment, for seven young queens had 

 already emerged. 



In this case there could be no question. 

 The cells %vere sealed in eight days; and 

 allowing three days in the egg, there were five 

 days of feeding; and the queens emerged l.-i 

 days from the laying of the egg. These fig- 

 ures agree with those of Mr. Cowan. It 

 should not for a minute be supposed that 

 they admit of no variation. But it is prob- 

 able that, under normal condtions, they may 



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