92 THE STORY OF ANIMAL LIFE 



leave the cell in which th'e egg is originally placed 

 until it is ready to take on the adult form. The 

 metamorphosis is complete ; 

 that is to say there is a grub 

 stage and a pupa stage be- 

 fore the adult stage. There 

 are three kinds of bees the 

 workers, which are sexless ; 

 the drones, which are males, 

 and the queen, who is the 

 sole female of the hive. The 

 bee-grub may develop into a 

 worker or a queen, according 

 to the food it receives as a 

 grub, the grubs that are in- 

 tended to become queens 

 being placed in a larger cell. 

 The bee-grub differs from the 

 FIG. 25. 4^Laryaofthe caterpillar in having no feet. 

 Serti^o^^oneyromb! The ants are nearly allied 

 to the bees, and also have a 

 complete metamorphosis. Fig. 26 shows the Eng- 

 lish red ant, female and neuter. The w r ings of 

 the female drop off after the pairing season, a 



A B 



FIG. 26. Ants, Formica ru/a, English, enlarged. A, Female ; 

 , Neuter, or Worker. 



fact which has given a name, Hymenoptera, to 

 the whole group to which the ant belongs, al- 



