THE QUEEN 89 
reared in a queen cell is one of the most striking studies in the 
result of environment. Only sixteen days are required for the 
queen to reach maturity from the time the egg is laid, while the 
worker requires twenty-one. The queen is much longer in shape 
and looks to be one-third to one-half larger than the worker. 
The queen lacks the wax-secreting organs of the worker, while 
her own sexual organs are fully developed. She lacks the pollen 
Fic. 46.—Queen laying in a newly made comb. The queen can be recognized by 
her greater length (see arrow) and the circle of attendants facing her. 
baskets and brushes which are conspicuous in the worker. True 
enough she would have no possible use for any means of carrying 
pollen or secreting wax in her work of being a mother to a family 
of a few hundred thousand offspring during her lifetime. Never 
theless, as far as can be seen, the physical changes are entirely 
the result of a change of environment. The queen will remain 
in the hive, so her eyes are not nearly so well developed. She 
has no need to discover the distant fields of clover. Her life will 
