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The egg hatches in three days. The larva (Fig. 26, d, e, f, 

 g), incorrectly called grub, maggot— and even caterpillar, by 

 Hunter — is white, footless, and lies coiled up in the cell till 

 near maturity. It is fed a whitish fluid, though this seems to 

 be given grudgingly, as it never seems to have more than it 



Fig. 26. 



Egg and Bread,. 



6 and o— Eggs. 



d, e, f and {/—Various sizes of larvae. 



ft— Pupa. 



i— Pupa of queen, in gneeu-oell. 

 fc, ft:— Caps. 



wishes to eat, so it is fed quite frequently by the mature work- 

 ers. It would seem that the workers fear an excessive devel- 

 opment, which, as we have seen, is most mischievous and 

 ruinous, and work to prevent the same, by a mean and meager 

 diet. The food is composed of pollen and honey. Certainly 

 of pollen, for, as I have repeatedly proved, without pollen, no 

 brood will be reared. Probably some honey is incorporated, 

 as sugar is an essential in the nutrition of all animals, and 

 we could hardly account for the excessive amount of honey 

 consumed, while breeding, by the extra amount consumed 

 by the bees, consequent upon the added exercise required in 



