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Cells Described. 



cells varies from two to eight. The perfect drone-cells 

 may be, often are, contiguous to perfect worker-cells, the 

 irregular cells being used to fill out the necessary irregu- 

 larities. An English writer criticises Langstroth's repre- 

 sentation of these irregular cells and adds that the angles 

 can never be less than ioo°. This is far from the truth, 

 as I have found many cells where an angle was consider- 

 ably less than this. 



' Fig. 53. 



Rhombs, Pyramidal Bases, 

 and cross'-sections oj Cells 

 illustrated. 



a Drone-cells. 

 b Deformed cells. 



Honey' Comb, 



c Worker-cells. 

 «ff Queen-cells, 



The structure of each cell is quite complex, yet full of 

 interest. The base is a triangular pyramid (Fig es e^ 

 whose three faces are rhombs, and whose apex forms'the 



