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Table 5. — Data obtained from observations of Viisits of nurse bees, etc. — Contd. 



VISITS TO CELLS CONTAINING LARViE FOUR DAYS AFTER HATCHING! — Contd. 





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. 







 











4 

 8 



5 



11 



5 



8 



7 

 5 



9 

 16 



12 



16 



Seconds. 

 5,2,4,2,24 

 3,4,2,5,4,2,6, 



62. 

 20,5,3,2,5,11, 



2 

 5,4,25,7,2 



Seconds. 

 37 





88 





48 





43 









1.20 



7.73 



5.54 



14.47 



7.41 



41 









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



Larva a. 



Larva b. 



Larvae. 



Larva d. 



Larva e . 

 Larva f . 

 Larvae. 

 Larva n. 



Larva i. 



Larva j. 



Larva k. 

 Larval. 



0.58 



10.25 



9.0 



10,2,4,3,18,3, 



7,18,4,11,3, 



3,3,2,4. 

 3,25,8,8,2,7,8, 



7,9,2,2,20, 



40,2,3,6,2. 

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



2. 

 58,62,14,4,110, 



2. 



2,2,6 



2,3,2,63,2,7,3 



60, 10 



17, 23, 5, 15, 10, 



70,2,7,25,45, 



7, 15, 35, 15. 

 60,3,2,2,4,5, 



6,5,7,16. 

 7,2,4,3,6,3,3, 



3,2,2. 

 3,10,9,2,45.... 

 7,15,35,3,7,40, 



35,35,15,15, 



24. 



19. 83 13. 12 



95 



154 



20 



250 



10 

 82 

 70 

 291 



110 



35 



69 

 231 



118. 08 



Table 6. — Summary (from Table 5) of the number of visits of all kinds, each 

 record being the total for an individual egg or larva for a 10-minute period. 



Age. 







Number of visits of all kinds by 



nurse bees. 







6 



7 



4 



16 



7 



6 



3 



3 



4 



6 



4 



5 



4 



8 





7 



7 



8 



5 



8 



6 



10 



6 



1 



9 



6 



4 



4 



8 



7 



6 



7 



6 



6 



2 



5 



7 



6 



3 



4 



3 



14 



7 



5 





18 

 19 



12 

 32 



15 



18 



7 

 11 



8 

 12 



3 



7 



6 

 17 



3 

 13 



6 

 14 



5 

 15 



8 



6 

 9 









16 



12 



16 



29 



27 



19 



20 



11 



23 



14 



21 



21 



19 



15 



19 















Average 



per 

 period. 



Egg 



1-day larva. 

 2-day larva. 

 3-day larva. 

 4-day larva. 

 5-dav larva. 



5.93 

 6.40 

 5.79 

 8.08 

 14.47 

 19.83 



Table 7. — Summary (from Table 5) of the time spent in nursing, each record 

 being the total for an individual egg or larva for a 10-minute period. 



Age. 

































Average 



Time spent in nursing (seconds). 





per 

 period. 



2 







22 



17 







5 











9 



14 



10 



.10 







2 





6.50 



43 







2 



28 



10 



37 



4 



83 



2 



10 







7 



60 



3 



22 



20.73 



2 



4 



6 



10 



2 







5 



4 







5 



2 



31 



9 



3 





5.93 



10 

 57 







29 



18 

 15 







25 



39 



72 





 3 



14 

 30 



2 



33 



3 

 65 







67 



44 

 3 



7 

 37 









11.42 

 41.00 



88 



48 



43 



95 



154 



20 



250 



10 



82 



70 



291 



110 



35 



69 



231 









118. 08 









Average 

 per 

 visit. 



Egg 



1-day larva . 

 2-day larva . 

 3-day larva . 

 4-day larva . 

 5-day larva . 



5.06 

 12.00 

 3.77 

 6.85 

 7.41 

 13.12 



