6 Bee-Keeping Simplified for the 
Usually, the first princess to emerge goes to the other cells 
containing her royal sisters, of which there may be any number 
up to thirty, tears down the side wall, and kills the inmate, 
thus precluding the possibility of a rival. The princess remains 
in the hive for five days, after which she leaves on her 
wedding trip. After marriage she returns to the hive, and 
within forty-eight hours commences her maternal duties. 
Drones are produced from unfertiliscd eggs, laid in drone 
cells, incubation taking place as in the case of the worker 
and queen, and although the egg contains no male stimulus 
a grub hatches out on the third day, and is fed on pap for 
four days, when it is weaned. The creature passes throngh 
all the stages detailed for worker and queen, the period of 
Fic. 5. 
developnicnt being longer, occupying twenty-four days. On 
the twenty-fifth day the drone emerges and remains in the 
hive for fourteen days, when he commences to fly. 
The capping covering drone brood stands out very 
prominently, and hy this alone, apart from the size of the 
cell, it 1s easily recognised. From capping to capping through 
the comb, drone cells measure 14 inches, worker 2 of an 
inch. The space between the face of combs containing honey 
sealed over is 4 inch, while between capped brood it is 2 of 
an inch. Fig. 5 illustrates the different kinds of brood. 
In the autumn both worker and drone cells which have 
been used for brood rearing are gradually filled with honey 
for consumption during the winter months. The amount of 
brood reared increases gradually from January to July, from 
then until November it decreases, until it ceascs altogether. 
