14 PERSONALITY OF THE HONEY-BEE 



her identity. In general build she resembles 

 the worker, the first impression one gains on 

 noticing her being that her wings are shorter. 

 This is illusory, and is accounted for by the 

 fact that her body and legs are longer than those 

 of the worker. Later on I will describe in 

 some detail the essential difference between the 

 queen and the workers, but the photographs will 

 give a good idea of her general appearance. 



Thus we have the three essential constituents 

 of the hive : the workers, to perform all the 

 menial functions — the hewing of wood and draw- 

 ing of water, as it were — the drones, idle and 

 troublesome, but nevertheless essential to the 

 race, and the queen, to perform the highest of 

 all duties — to be the mother of her people. 



