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BULLETIN 1222, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Table 5. — Data obtained from observations of visits of nurse bees, etc. — Conttl. 



VISITS TO CELLS CONTAINING LARVJE ONE DAY AFTER HATCHING. 





Number of visits per period of 10 minutes. 



Time spent in nursing 

 (seconds). 



Designation. 



Inspection, 

 Type A. 



Inspection, 

 TypeB. 



Nursing. 



Total. 



Time spent in 

 individual 

 visits. 



Total time 



spent per 



10-minute 



period. 







 2 

 3 

 

 2 

 2 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 2 

 



5 

 5 

 4 

 2 

 3 

 1 

 8 

 4 

 

 6 

 (j 

 3 

 3 

 5 

 4 



2 

 

 1 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 2 

 2 

 1 

 3 

 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 3 



7 

 7 

 8 

 5 

 8 

 6 

 10 

 

 1 

 9 

 6 

 4 

 4 

 8 

 7 



Seconds . 

 14, 29 



Seconds. 

 43 















2 



2 



Larva d 



4, 20,4 



2, 4, 4 



28 





10 





18, 8, 11 



2,2 



37 





4 





13, 70 



83 





2 



2 





4, 2, 4 



10 















7 



7 





60 



60 





3 



3 



Larva o 



7,3,12 



22 









0.73 



3.93 



1.74 



6.40 



12.00 



20.73 







VISITS TO CELLS CONTAINING LARVAE TWO DAYS AFTER HATCHING. 



Larva a 



Larva b 



Larvae 



Larva d 



Larva e 



Larva f 



Larva g 



Larva b 



Larva i 



Larva j... 



Larva k 



Larval 



Larva m 



Larva n 



Average 



0.50 



3.71 



2 



4 



3,3 



3,5,2 



2 







5 



2,2 







5 



2 



4, 8, 4, 12, 3 



2,3,4 



3 



3.77 



VISITS TO CELLS CONTAINING LARViE THREE DAYS AFTER HATCHING. 



Larva a 



Larva b 



Larva c 



Larva d 



Larva e 



Larva f 



Larva g 



Larva h 



Larva i 



Larva j 



Larva k 



Larva 1 



Average 



1.67 



1.67 



2,5,3 







2, 3, 4, 3, 2, 4 



0.... 



36,3 







6,8 



2 



3 







7,2,2,33.... 

 7 



6.85 



VISITS TO CELLS CONTAINING LARV^J FOUR DAYS AFTER HATCHING. 



Larva a 



Larva b 



Larva c 

 Larva d 

 Larva e 



Larva f . 

 Larva g 

 Larva h 

 Larva i . 

 Larva j. 

 Larva k 



19 

 32 

 18 



4,3,2,5,3,2,3, 



2, 3, 30. 

 4,2,4,4,2,2,2, 



4,2,3. 

 8,5,2 



11 

 12 



7 



13,2,2,3,5 

 10,7,8,8,3,5,.. 



23,8. 

 3 



17 



13 

 14 

 15 



13,12,2,3 



2,13,2,3,13.... 

 2,42,3,4,8,2,4 

 27,2,8,30 . .. 

 3 



