INSIDE THE HIVE—Chapier VIII. 
Drone and worker cells, both capped and uncapped. Larvae can 
be seen in some of the uncapped cells. The larger size and the 
protruding cappings of the drone-cells may he easily noted. 
with honey; 
but a mixture 
of fibrous sub- 
stances and wax 
is used to cap 
the cells which 
contain brood, 
this mixture ad- 
mitting air and 
giving ventila- 
tion for the vital 
use of the pupa 
within. 
The brood is 
normally _ start- 
ed at the center 
of a comb (in 
the center of 
the hive), the 
circular patch 
of brood there: 
gradually in- 
creasing as the 
colony builds 
up till the 
greater part of 
the comb may 
be filled with 
honey and pol- 
len, convenient 
for the bees to feed to the brood, the pollen usually being stored in a narrow 
band of cells just above the brood, the honey being stored above the pollen 
and in the upper corners of the comb. Sometimes the comb adjacent to the 
outside frame of brood is filled with pollen and honey. 
A comb of solid worker brood. The beekeeper delights in such a comb, 
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