Fig. 56, — THE CABINET BEB-H0C3E. 



THE BEE. 



ITS CHARACTER AND MANNERS. 



CHAPTEE V. 



132. Change of state of the queen after laying. — 133. First swarm led by 

 her majesty. — 134. Proceedings of the first swarm. — 135. Loyalty 

 and fidelity to the queen— remarkable experiment of Dr. Warder. — 

 136. Interregnum after swarming. — 137. The princess royal. — 138. 

 Second swarm — its effects. — 139. Successive swarms. — 140. Pro- 

 duction of a factitious queen — Sohirach's discovery. — 141. Factitious 

 qiieens dumb. — 142. Factitious princesses allowed to engage in mortal 

 combat. — *143. Homage only offered to a married queen. — 144. Re- 

 spect shown to her corpse. — 145. Functions of the drones. — 146. 

 Their_ treatment. — 147. Their massacre described by Huber. — 148. 

 Case in which no massacre took place. — 149. Character and habits of 

 the workers. — 150. Products of their labours. — 151. Process of work. 

 152. Honey and pollen — nectar and ambrosia. — 153. Bee the priest 

 who celebrates the marriage of the flowers. — 154. Why the bee 

 devotes each excursion to one species of flower. — 155. Unloading the 

 workers. — 156. Storage of spare provision. — 157. Radius of the circle 

 of excursion. 



L-irdker's MmEUM op Soiexoe. 

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