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present a glistening appearance as they lie flat on the bottom of the 

 cell. As a result of the special feeding given them by the 



Development of the Bee. 



attendant workers they grow rapidly, so that by the seventh day they 

 present a white and plump appearance. Development takes place 

 rapidly, and on the ninth day the cell containing the developed larvse 

 is covered over with a porous capping. On the twenty-first day the 

 worker bee bites its way through the capping and takes its place in the 

 hive. These are the conditions in a healthy colony, but in a colony 

 in which Foul Brood occurs the first noticeable difference is in the 

 condition of the larvse. Instead of all the grubs being white and 

 plump and curled up like the letter " C," as they would normally 

 appear, they will be observed to take up very irregular positions. 

 Some will be almost perpendicular, while others will be horizontal. 

 Instead of appearing pearly white, the grubs will be coloured a faint 



Early Stages of Foul Brood in Seven Cells. 



