OR, MANUAL OF THE APIARY. HJ 



Tr^A^.u"^''"^; ^^' "°" ^^^"™^^ '""^ P"P^ state (Fig. 

 oueen A T T.^ °' '"' ^'^^^^"^"^ ^^^ ^^^ comes for h a 

 thTnoff f. ' ^'^^ ^''°''" ''^^ ^"^^" emerges the workers 



thin off the wax from the end of the cell (Fig. 45. D) The 



wTtrut " ''tV' °'"""' '^ ''^ '^"^^^ ^^"^'^^^^•'^ --« ^-'^ 



TnHi .u '^"^^"^"^*^'''" ^^y°"* by use Of her jaws, 



and leaves the cap hanging as a lid to the cell (Fig. 45, C). 



Fig. 45. 



Qufen-Celh, from A. I. Hoot Co. 



A Queen-cell from modified worker-cell just started 

 i* I incomplete cell. 



n Thi' ''^®'■ '\?^^^ ^^^ emerged, sho^^■■mg cap hanging. 

 n 1 hlnned cell. E Cell cut into from side. 



While a queen usually comes forth in sixteen days, there may 

 be a delay. Cold will delay hatching of the egg, and retard 

 development. Sometimes queens are kept for a time in the 

 cell, after they are really ready to come forth. Thus, there 

 may be rarely a delay of even two days. Huber states that 

 when a queen emerges the bees are thrown into a jovous 

 excitement, so that he noticed a rise in temperature in the hive 

 from 92 degrees F. to 104 degrees F. I have never tested this 

 matter accurately, but I have failed to notice any marked 



