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queen (Fig. 34, 6), of which there is normally only one, the 

 mother of all the other bees of the colony (except just after a 



Fig. 34. — The honeybee : 



worker ; 6, queen ; 

 enlarged. 



c, drone. Slightly 



new queen has been reared), (2) thousands of workers (Fig. 

 34, a) or sexually undeveloped females which normally lay 

 no eggs but do all the other work and (3) many drones (Fig. 



34, c) or males, often removed 

 or restricted in numbers by the 

 beekeeper, whose only function 

 is to mate with young queens. 

 These three types of adult in- 

 dividuals are easily recognizable 

 even by a novice by differences 

 in the size of the various parts of 

 the body. In addition to the 

 adult bees, there are normally 

 found during the active season 

 all stages of developing bees 

 (Fig. 35). 



Fig. 35. — The honeybee: a, 

 egg ; ft. young larva ; c, old 

 larva ; d, pupa. Enlarged. 



Queen. 



There is normally but one 

 queen, the largest individual in 



