Fig. 5S. VILLAGE HIVES. 



THE BEE. 



ITS CHARACTER AND MANNERS. 



CHAPTER IV. 



105. The larvae. 106. Transformation of worker nymph. 107. Worker 

 cells. 108. Treatment of a young worker. 109. Of the drone. 110. 

 Drone nymph. 111. Royal cell and nymph. 112. Its treatment. 

 113. Honey cells. 114. Pasturage progress of work. 115. Con- 

 struction of comb. 116. Remarkable organisation. 117. Magnitude 

 and weight of bees. 118. Character of queen. 119. Royal jealousy. 

 120. Principle of primogeniture. 121. Assassination of rivals. 

 122. Battle of virgin queens. 123. Reason of mutual hostility. 

 124. Result of the battles. 125. Battle of married queens. 126. 

 Battle of a virgin with a fertile queen. 127. Sentinels at the gates. 

 Treatment of an intruding queen. 128. Remarkable proceeding of 

 bees that have lost their queen effect of her restoration. 129. 

 Effect of the introduction of a new queen. 130. Policy of the hive. 

 131. Operations at the beginning of a season. 



105. THE larva which issues from the egg is a white grub, des- 

 titute of legs, having its body divided transversely by a series of 

 parallel circular grooves into annular segments. "When it has 



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