g. 58.— VILLAGE HIVES. 



THE BEE. 



ITS CHARACTEE AND MANNERS. 



CHAPTEE IV. 



105. The larvae. — 106. Transformation of worker nymph. — 107. Worker 

 cells. — 108. Treatment of a young worker. — 109. Of the drone. — 110. 

 Drone nymph. — 111. Koyal cell and nymph. — 112. Its treatment. — 

 113. Honey cells. — 114. Pasturage — progress of work. — 115. Con- 

 struction of comb. — 116. Bemarkable organisation. — 117. Magnitude 

 and weight of bees. — 118. Character of queen.— 119. Koyal jealousy. 

 — 120. Principle of primogeniture. — 121. Assassination of rivals. — 

 122. Battle of virgin queens. — 123. Reason of mutual hostility. — 

 124. Result of the battles. — 125. Battle of married queens. — 126. 

 Battle of a virgin with a fertile queen. — 127. Sentinels at the gates. 

 Treatment of an intruding queen. — 128. Remarkable proceeding of 

 bees that have lost their queen — effect of her restoration. — 129. 

 Effect of the introduction of a new queen. — 130. Policy of the hive. — 

 131. Operations at the beginning of a season. 



105. The larva which issues from the egg is a white grub, des- 

 titute of legs, having its body divided transversely by a series of 

 parallel circular grooves into annular segments. When it has 



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No. 123. 



