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Descriptive Zoology. 



Egg 



go into the pupa state, when the cell is capped over till 



the pupae transform into adult (or imago) bees. 



The drones, being larger than the workers, are developed 



in larger cells. Queen cells are larger than other cells. 



At the season of the year when the bees give regular 



attention to rearing queens, 

 the queen cells are usually 

 built at the bottom or ends 

 of the comb. But if the 

 bees are obliged to produce 

 a queen out of the regular 

 swarming season, the queen 

 cells are made by tearing 

 out the partitions and com- 

 bining three cells into one, 

 which is built out and hangs 

 vertically in front of the 

 Queen comb. In the egg state 



there is no difference be- 

 FIG. 36. CELLS CONTAINING EGGS, LAR- 



V^ AND PUP^ OK THE HONEYBEE. tWCCD the qUCCn and the 



The large, irregular cells are queen cells.- From WOrker, but the larva that 



Pupae 



Jordan and Kellogg's Animal Lift. 



s 



on specially prepared food. In the early part of the sum- 

 mer several queen cells are made ; as soon as a new queen 

 is hatched the old queen tries to kill her ; but the workers 

 protect the new queen, and the old queen, followed by a 

 part of the workers, departs to establish a new colony, and 

 this is called " swarming." If a number of new queens are 

 hatched at the same time, they may fight for leadership, 

 and the one survivor rules supreme. Or, often, several 

 young queens depart with a swarm. 



The queens that are thus killed are carried out by the 

 workers, and they do the same for any that die in the hive. 



