64 NATURE-STUDY LESSONS. 



28. («) Describe the young bee as it comes out of the 



cell. 

 (3) How do the working-bees treat it ? 

 (c) Where does it get its food at first ? 



29. (rt) Describe the way in which the queen-bee 



treats the "young queen," and how this 

 new queen is protected. 

 {i) If the young queen dies how do the bees act? 



C. The Enemies of Bees. 



30. (a) Observe the way in which bees treat such for- 



eigners as caterpillars, moths, flies and slugs. 



(b) Observe whether bees have any other enemies 



than those mentioned in (a). If so, what 

 are they ? 



D. Bees Leaving the Old Home. 



31. (a) Describe the actions of the mother-queen when 



she hears the first song of the young queen ; 

 observe her attempts to use her sting in order 

 to kill this queen. 

 (^) Note how she is defeated by the workers. 



(c) Observe her flight from home followed by a 



number of bees ; their appearance as they 

 hang together in a bunch on a vine, or 

 branch. 



32. Observe how the bee-owner treats these bees and 

 note how actively they proceed to build a new home. 



£. The Disturbed State of the Old Home. 



33. Describe : 



(a) The actions of the workers to the new queen. 

 {i) The battle between the new queens should 

 more than one appear. 



