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The bees change from worker {Fig. 78, c) to drone cells 

 (Pig. 78, a), which are one-fifth larger, and vice versa, not by 

 any system (Fig. 78, b), but simply by enlarging or contract- 

 ing. It usually takes about four rows to complete the transfor- 



FiG. 78. 



HhombSy Pyramidal Bof^en 

 and cross-sections of cells. 

 — Illustrated. 



JIoTiey-Comb. — 



a Drone-cells. 

 6 Deformed cells. 



after Duncan. 



c Worker-cells. 

 dd Queen-cells. 



mation, though the number of deformed cells varies from two, 

 very rarely one, to eight. The perfect drone-cells may be, 

 often are, contiguous to perfect worker-cells, the irregular cells 

 being used to fill out the necessary irregularities. An English 



