IN FIELD AND HIVE WITH THE BUSY HONEYBEE 



THE QUEEN'S LADIES IN WAITING KEEP HER WELL FED AND PREENED 



Her diet is not honey and pollen, but "royal jelly," a secretion from head glands of her daughters. 

 Workers (lower right) are cleaning cells. Two baby bees are gnawing their way out. 



Paintings by liashime ^Murayama 



THE QUEEN'S ROYAL BIRTH CHAMHER RESEMBLES A PEANUT SHELL 



Although a queen is much longer than a worker or drone, she emerges from her pendulous cell 

 onlv 16 davl after the egg is laid, instead of the 21 days usually required for her mdustrious sisters. _ A 

 drone perches on a group of male cells at the right, and on the opposite side are workers cells. Mating 

 takes place only on the wing outside the hive, after which the male dies. 



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