104 TIIE BUILDING OF BEES. 
is abundant, and the building goes on very fast. The queen 
lays in all the cells, as soon as begun, disputing for them 
with the workers, who want to fill them with honey. As 
she follows the builders, waiting for cells, no large cells 
are made. After about three weeks, the bees of the first 
laid eggs begin to leave their cells (171); the queen 
goes back to fill these empty cells, and the workers, hence- 
forth free from restraint, follow their preferences by build- 
ing store-combs. Result: A few large cells, placed on the 
side or at the back of the hive. 
231. (vb) This other swarm has a queen as prolific as 
the one above. For two weeks she follows the builders as 
the first did, laying in the cells as soon as built. But, the 
crop stopping suddenly, both the building and the laying 
slacken, when only two-thirds of the constructions are 
made. After three wecks of scarcity, abundance comes 
again, and the building is resumed. But the queen is no 
longer among the workers, waiting for cells; she is at the 
other end of the hive, where she lays in the cells which 
were left empty when the larve that they harbored were 
born. Result: About one-third of store-combs. 
232. (c) This third swarm has a queen whose prolific- 
ness is deficient, yet she has been able to follow the build- 
ers for a few days. She is at last left behind, and the 
workers begin combs with large cells. On reaching these 
cells, one or two days later, she passes over them without 
laying (149), and rejoins the builders, who hasten to com- 
ply with her desire to have worker-cells. But she is soon 
left behind for the second time, and the workers, unre- 
strained again, build large cells till she again rejoins them, 
to be again left behind, and so on. Result: Parts of store- 
combs mixed, here and there, with worker-combs. 
233. (d) We have removed from a hive all its drone- 
combs; but as the queen is occupied in filling empty worker- 
cells in another part of the hive, the builders, following their 
