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and need of repose. She now assumes the pupa state (Fig-. 

 39, i). At the end of the sixteenth day she comes forth a 

 queen. A short time before the queen emerges the workers 

 thin off the wax from the end of the cell (Fig. 45, D). The 

 reason for this is obscure, as the queen could easily come forth 

 without it. The queen cuts her way out by use of her jaws, 

 and leaves the cap hanging as a lid to the cell (Fig. 45, C). 



Fig. 45. > 



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Queen-Celk, from A. I. Boot Co. 



A Queen-cell from modifled worker-cell just started. 

 J} Imcomplete cell. 



Cell, after queen has emerged, showing cap hanging. 

 D Thinned cell. S Cell cut into from side. 



While a queen usually comes forth in sixteen days, there may 

 be a delay. Cold will delay hatching of the egg, and retard 

 development. Sometimes queens are kept for a time in the 

 cell, after they are really ready to come forth. Thus, there 

 may be rarely a delay of even two days. Huber states that 

 when a queen emerges the bees are thrown into a joyous 

 excitement, so that he noticed a rise in temperature in the hive 

 from 92degrees F. to 104 degrees F. I have never tested this 

 matter accurately, but I have failed to notice any marked 



