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not exceed that of common writing paper. It would bo 

 interestjing to know how these particulars were ascertained, 

 or whether they are simply surmises. When the bee 

 leaves the cell, a cocoon remains, and that is about all we 

 hnow concerning it. 



TERMS APPLIED TO YOTJNO BEES. 



The young bee when it first leaves the egg, is termed a 

 gruh^ maggot, worm, or larva ; from this state it changes 

 to the shape of the perfect bee, which is said to be three 

 days after finishing the cocoon. From the time of tliis 

 change, till it is ready to leave the cell, the terms nymph, 

 pupa, and chrysalis, are applied. The lid of the drone cell 

 is rather more convex than that of the worker, and when 

 removed by the young bee in working its way out, is left 

 nearly perfect, being cut off around the edges ; a coat or 

 lining of silk keeps it whole. The covering of the worker 

 cell is mostly wax, and is pretty well cut to pieces by the 

 time the bee gets out. The covering to the queen cell is 

 like that of the drone cell, but of greater diameter, and 

 thicker, being lined with a little more silk. 



TIME PEOM THE EGG TO THE MATURE QtMBN. 



The time in which an &gg originally destined for a 

 queen will mature, will not vary much from sixteen days ; 

 but when larvae that are started as workers, are taken, 

 there will often be a variation. All of the three kinds 

 of bees remain in the egg form three or four days; 

 then in the grub form for five or six, partaking of food, 

 after which they are sealed up. "When bees are deprived 

 of a queen, and have means to rear another, they select 

 such brood as will produce one in the shortest time. 

 Give them a piece of comb containing eggs just laid, some 

 two or three days old, larvse just hatched, and some vary- 

 ing in age from one to five days, and the first cells made 



