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liy the uiid of llio top Lai- with tlio left liiuiil, thoii vvitli the riglit hand olenched hit 

 the left a siiiai-t \<U,\\ from ahovr (h'ig. i:i). The coml. Iieing free from bees, turn your 

 liack to the sun so that its rays sliine into the cells. Along the upper part of the frame 

 and at the ends the cells will prol)al.ily lie all sealed, the cappings, as the coverings of 

 the cells are called, lieing Hat, (jften sunk aTul wrinkled. Such sealing indicates the 

 presence of honey. On the edge of this region tlu're will likely he a narrow belt of 

 unsealed cells slujwing the honey, indicating that the bees are using up their stores 

 to feed the youiig. When -we reach the bottom l)oaril in our investigaticjns we shall 



Knocl\inj; Bees off Frame. 



find lying there a l>rownish-looking deposit, like coarse dust, but which is reallj^ the 

 fragments of comb-capping torn from the cells. 



Poi.i.EN Stores. 



Next to the open cells with honey comes a narrow band of cells, filled with a 

 brilliant-coloured solid substance. This is pollen, the bee-bread of our forefathers, 

 which is the male principle of plants, and forms part of the food of tlie yonng of the 

 bee while in the larva or maggot stage. 



The Bkood-cells. 



The last is sealed over, just as is the honey, wdth this difference, however, that the 

 cappings are slightly raised in the ease of worker-brood, decidedly so w-ith drone-cells. 

 The larvae or maggots are easilj' seen, coiled up in the bottom of the cell, especially 

 after they are three days old, but the eggs are harder to distinguish on account of 

 tlieir small size ; in fact, they look like \eiy short bits of white thread attached to the 

 far end — that is, the bottom of the cell. It is just as well for the beginner to learn to 

 detect the presence of eggs in the comli, for an eveid}' arranged patch is j)retty good 

 proof that the queen was busy at least three daj'S ago. 



