Q 8 



LIVING CREATURES. 



cell, and in due time it 

 will become a queen. In 

 five or six days the larvae 

 have attained their full 

 growth. Then they cease 

 to eat, spin about them- 

 selves silken cocoons, be- 

 come pupae, and the work- 

 ers seal their cells. In 

 twenty-one days from the 



laying of the eggs, the perfect insects the full-grown 



bees come forth. 



About this time, which is likely to be in May or 



June, swarming commences. The new workers and 



drones are released from their cells, but not so the 



