26 Practical Zoology. 



"jest growed"? Find other cells near the brood (by brood is 

 meant young bees in all stages of development) which are partially 

 filled with a yellowish or brownish pastelike mass. This is stored 

 pollen, or " bee bread." Its color varies according to the kind of 

 flowers from which it is gathered. Now look for larvae in all 

 stages of development, from the smallest, which are little larger 

 than the egg from which they came, to those which almost fill the 

 cells they occupy, and in which the segments may be easily counted. 

 Find other cells each covered with a brown cap. Observe them 

 closely from time to time, and try to determine what they contain. 

 Cells near the ends and top of the brood frame, which are covered 

 with white caps of wax, contain honey. The caps of the latter 

 may appear dark if the honey touches the caps, but usually there 

 is an air space between the honey and the caps, and the caps 

 appear white. Look for both of these conditions. What changes 

 have you noted through a period of ten or twelve days in the cells 

 in which you first found eggs ? Can you now see the interior of 

 the cells ? Can you discover the bees placing brown caps on cells 

 containing the largest larvae ? If so, note the date and determine 

 the length of time the caps remain on them. Determine how and 

 by whom these caps are removed. Watch to see some of the 

 occupants of these cells come out. Note any difference in appear- 

 ance between these and older bees. If these directions have been 

 followed through a period of several weeks, you have observed all 

 of the stages of development of a honey bee, and noted the length 

 of time the young bee was in each stage. Which of these stages 

 corresponds to the caterpillar stage of a butterfly? Which to the 

 cocoon stage of a moth ? 



HONEY BEES AT WORK. 



Watch the bees as they come and go at the entrance of the hive. 

 Dust a little flour upon some that are entering, and note to what 

 part of the comb they go. Determine, if you can, whether they 

 remain in the hive for some time or soon leave it again. Look for 

 bees coming in loaded with yellowish or brownish pellets attached 



