The Queen. 



lOI 



If Queen Apis's strength were used up 



in digesting food, for it takes a good deal 



of strength to digest food properly, how 



do you suppose she could lay all those 



-eggs? 



She could not possibly do it. The 

 workers seem to know this, and so they 

 save her strength in every possible way. 



They give her an abundance of the best 

 of food, and they do all the work, not even 

 asking her to take any care of the little bee- 

 babies when they are hatched. 



