THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE 



THREE KINDS OF HONEYBEES ARE FOUND IN A COLONY 



The mother of all bees in a hive is the queen (center) , whose long. body is more graceful than that of 

 her children, worker (left) and drone, or male (right). All figures three times life-size. 



i) National Geographic Society Paintings by Ilasliime JMurayania 



THE GROWTH OF A BEE FROM EGG LAYING TO BIRTH 



Three days after the egg is deposited by the queen (right) , a tiny grub emerges (left column, 



second from top). For six days the larva is fed by workers, increasing its weight 1,500 times. Then 



it spins a cocoon (second from bottom, left) and becomes a fully developed worker bee (bottom center). 



Above the queen is a cell of pollen, and above that, one of honey, 



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