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HEK OmOK, 



She lays all the eggs for the propagation of her species, 

 depositing from one to two hundred daily, varying according 

 to the temperature which she enjoys, produced by the state 

 of the weather, or otherwise. She commences laying as 

 soon as the genial influence of spring renders the ter^^ra- 

 ture fit for her purpose : she will also lay in winter if thCTTive 

 is kept sufficiently warm, and properly ventillated. 



THB WOBEINO BEE 



Is next in order: it is smaller than either the Queen or 

 Drone, being about half an inch in length, covered with fine 

 hair, which aids it in carrying the farina which it gathers'from 

 the flowers. On the posterior legs is a cavity or basket for 

 the reception of the pollen or bee-bread. Dissection has 

 shown that its stomach is more capacious than those of other 

 insects. The honey bee is susceptible of an increase in size, 

 as is evident from the fact that each bee has a honey-sac or 

 pocket, in which they store their honey, from which it is dis- 

 gorged into those cells which are intended for its reception. 

 Each bee has a series of wax-pockets or segments under its 

 abdomen, which can be so distended as to show the wax or 

 scales, as they begin to forn» ; and in fact these scales may 

 often be seen without pressure. 

 <j^ The scales of wax thus prepared or formed, as Dr. Bevan 

 states, are applied by them to the roof or bottom of the hive, 



