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GUIDE TO CALIFORNIA INSECTS. 



thru the whole six days of its feeding life, a mixture of pollen and honey 

 being fed to the others, and they do not grow so rapidly. After feeding is 

 ended the cells are capped over with wax and the imprisoned larva spins a 

 cocoon, pupates and finally emerges. The total time required from the de- 



Relief Map 

 of 



C AL1F0"RNI A ■ 



showing the 

 HONEY REQIONS 



-Klamath region. 

 N-Northern 



Foothills of 

 the Sierras. 

 B-Bay region 

 C- Central 

 valley. 

 Middle 

 coast 

 region. 



0- \ 



Owens 



vailey. 

 P-Plateau 



rei?ion of 



the south. \ 

 S~ Southern \ 



coast resT'on. 



Fig'jre 



ReMel' map of California slnowing- iioney regions. 



deposition of the egg to the appearance of the full grown insect is, queen 18 

 days, worker 21 days, and drone 24 days. Each form of bee is produced in 

 cells of different size. Workers develop in the ordinary comb having five 

 cfells to the inch. Drone comb is similar but with about four and a half cells 

 to the inch and in closing the cell the cap is made dome-shaped. The queen 

 cells are made singly, have very thick and uneven walls, open outwardly, 

 and are about half an inch in diameter and perhaps an inch long. 



