NATURE-STUDY LESSONS. 63 



21. What advantage is to be gained for the bee by 

 providing it with honeycomb? 



22. (a) Observe the different uses the bee makes of 



these cells. 



{b) Of what use to the bee is the honey and 



pollen stored in the cells? 



The nectar and pollen stored in the cells to be eaten by the bees is called 

 bee-bread. 



23. {a) Observe the work of the mother or queen-bee. 

 {F) Describe an eg^. 



(c) Note the way in which the working-bees treat 



the mother -bee. 



(d) Describe the appearance of the cells after the 



eggs have been deposited. 



(e) Discover into what the eggs hatch. 



The small grub-like creature which comes from the egg is a larva (plural 

 larvce). 



24. (a) Examine several larvae. 



(d) Infer the reason for the difference in the 



appearance. 

 (c) Describe the treatment given to the different 



kinds of larvae. 



Young bees less than sixteen days old are called nurse-bees. After this 

 they hecoxne ^U-bees. 



25. Observe the change that takes place in the larvae. 



When the larva ceases to feed and spins a covering, called a cocoon, it 

 becomes 3. pupa and the insect is said to be in the pupal stage of development. 



26. {a) Observe what comes from a cocoon. 



{b) How long is it from the time the cocoon is 

 formed before the bee appears? 



27. Through what transformations does the egg pass 

 before the perfect bee appears ? 



The perfect insect is called the imago. 



