depending upon the activities of the workers and conditions produced 

 by the beekeeper. The queen only leaves the hive when accompanied 

 by a swam, and from five to fifteen days after emerging from the cell 

 as all adult, depending upon the race and condition of the weather. 

 This flight is known among beekeepers as her wedding flight, for at 

 this time she comes In contact with a drone and is fertilized. Mating 

 never occurs in the hive but always on the wing and always before egg 

 laying and never afterward. In mating the queen receives a supply 

 of spermatoza (male germ cells) which are stored in her spermatheca 



(By Dadant) 



Figure 3. 



Eggs in Bottom of Cells (Greatly Enlarged). Note Two Eggs 

 in Bottom Cell. 



and remain functional during the remainder of her life, or until the 

 supply is exhausted. If for some reason the queen is not mated during 



