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shown the queen, and in the right hand of Fig. i is seen one of 

 the workers passing through the tunnel. None but the workers 

 can pass through so small an aperture, for the fighters or 

 soldiers are of very much greater size than the workers, as may 

 be seen at Fig. 4. 



The queen, however, is necessarily very much reduced m 

 size, as, if she had been drawn of her full dimensions, she would 

 have occupied the whole length of the drawmg. Before she is 

 immured in the royal cell, she is by no means a large msect, 



