HYMENOPTERA 



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THE HONEY-BEE. 



A., Worker; K., queen ; D., drone. Below a Piece of the Honey - comb : 1, Cells of the 

 workers partly filled with honey and covered with a "lid" (upon these a worker bee, 

 natural size) ; at 2, cells with eggs, larvae and pupse (the two cells containing pupae with 

 their lids removed) ; at 3, cells filled with pollen ; 4, passage through the comb, with a 

 worker bee ; below it cells filled with honey, and of irregular shape, forming the transition 

 between worker cells and, 5, the larger drone cells (upon the latter a drone, natural size) ; 

 6-10, royal cells ; 6, the commencement of a queen cell ; 7, cell with larva in the act of 

 being fed by a worker bee ; 8, closed cell with pupa ; 9, cell with a young queen in the act 

 of escaping ; 10, empty cell with lid open. Below, on the Left: W., worker seen from 

 below, showing colourless lamellse of wax protruding from between the abdominal rings. 

 On the Right : Four cells strongly magnified and divided in two longitudinally ; E. , with 

 egg ; L., with a young, Li., with an older, larva ; P, with pupa. 



