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PHYSIOLOGY OF THE HOXEY-BEE. 



strange and improbable. The most important of these eifects 

 we shall briefly enumerate. 



1st. The peculiar mode in which the worm designed for a 

 queen is treated causes it to arrive at maturity almost one- 

 third earlier than if it had been reared a worker. And yet, 

 as it is to be much more fully developed, according to ordi- 

 jiary analogy, it should have had a slower growth. 



Fis. 2H. 

 THE STING OF THE QUEEN. 



(Magnified. After Barbo.) 



