HYMENOPTERA 



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The Huney-Bee. 



Worker; K. , queen ; D., drone. Below — a Piece of the Hemey-comb: 1, Cells of the 

 workers partly rilled with honey and covered with a "lid" (upon these a worker bee, 

 natural size) ; at 2, cells with eggs, larva and pupa? (the two cells containing pupte with 

 their lids removed) ; at 3, cells tilled with pollen ; 4, passage through the comb, with a 

 worker bee ; below it cells tilled with honey, and of irregular shape, forming the transition 

 between worker cells and, 5, the larger drone cells (upon the latter a drone, natural size) ; 

 6-10, royal cells ; 6, the commencement of a queen cell ; 7, cell with larva in the act of 

 being fed by a worker bee ; 8, closed cell with pupa ; 9, cell with a young queen in the act 

 of escaping ; 10, empty cell with lid open. Below, on the Left: W., worker seen from 

 below, showing colourless lamelhe of wax protruding from between the abdominal rings. 

 On the Bight: Four cells strongly magnified and divided in two longitudinally ; E., with 

 egg ; L., with a young, Li., with an older, larva ; P, with pupa. 



