HONEY BEES. 



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VVOKKER CfeLLS 



This engraving represents a section of comb in ;i 

 miniature comb frame, containing all the different 

 cells found in a hive. At the top are cells for 

 storing honey. At the extreme right, near the bot- 

 tom, is a queen cell complete, as it appears in queen 

 laising, or in one week after a swarm has been de- 

 prived of its queea, in a full stock, or as it is found 

 in stocks that swarm naturally, at the time the Jirst 

 swarm issues. Though often found in different 

 places on the comb, and often to the number of 

 a half dozen or more in one stock or hive, yet its 

 relative position is always the same. It w^ill always 

 present the same appearance, whether at the edges 

 or on other parts of the comb. Near the queen 

 cell is seen the worker cells, containing brood in 

 all stages of growth, from the tiny egg just deposited 

 by the queen, to the full-grown grub, or young bee. 

 Near the worker cells, at the bottom, are the empty 

 drone cells. 



