HONEY BEEs. 21 
This engraving represents a section vf comb ina mini- 
ature comb frame, containing all the different cells found 
ina hive. At the top are cells for storing honey. At 
the extreme right, near the bottom, is a queen cell com- 
plete, as it appears in queen raising, or in one week after 
a swarm has been deprived of its queen, in a full stock 
or as it is found in stocks that swarm naturally, at the 
time the first swarm issues. Though often found in 
different places on the comb, and often to the number of 
a half-dozen or more in one stock or hive, yet its rela- 
tive position is always the same. It will always present 
the same appearance, whether at the edges or on other 
parts of the comb. Near the queen cells is seen the 
worker cells, containing brood in all stages of growth 
from the tiny egg just deposited by the queen to the full- 
grown grub or young bee. Near the worker cells, at 
the bottom, are the empty cells. 
