Fig. 56. THE CABINET BEE-HOUSE. "'E' 







THE BEE. 



ITS CHARACTER AND MANNERS. 

 CHAPTEE Y. 



132. Change of state of the queen after laying. 133. First swarm led by 

 her majesty. 134. Proceedings of the first swarm. 135. Loyalty 

 and fidelity to the queen remarkable experiment of Dr. Warder. 

 136. Interregnum after swarming. 137. The princess royal. 138. 

 Second swarm its effects. 139. Successive swarms. 140. Pro- 

 duction of a factitious queen Schirach's discovery. 141. Factitious 

 queens dumb. 142. Factitious princesses alloAved to engage in mortal 

 combat. 143. Homage only offered to a married queen. 144. Ke- 

 spect shown to her corpse. 145. Functions of the drones. 146. 

 Their treatment. 147. Their massacre described by Huber. 148. 

 Case in which no massacre took place. 149. Chai-acter and habits of 

 the workers. 150. Products of their labours. 151. Process of work. 

 152. Honey and pollen nectar and ambrosia. 153. Bee the priest 

 who celebrates the marriage of the flowers. 154. Why the bee 

 devotes each excursion to one species of flower. 155. Unloading the 

 workers. 156. Storage of spare provision. 157. Radius of the circle 

 of excursion. 



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