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and peace, and to lay the eggs. Hence, the nurses al- 
ways provide for this contingency. When the eggs are 
hatching they select a cell for enlargement. The other 
cells round about the chosen one are torn down, that this 
one may be given royal size. When the 
egg is hatched much bee jelly is set be- 
fore the grub. This nutritious food is 
given throughout the larve days, and 
only to the grub selected to become a 
queen bee. Honey is good enough for the 
other infant bees; not so, however, with 
this one on whom so great care was be- 
stowed to provide a birthplace of greater 
splendor. When this particular individ- 
ual comes out of its pupa form it is not 
an ordinary worker or a drone bee, but a 
queen of royal size and character. 
6. Two kinds of eggs.— Queen bees 
hatch from eggs of the same character as 
the eggs from which come worker bees. 
The queen bee owes her superiority to the 
nurses for their attention in providing a 
larger cell and more nutritious food. Had Drone : 
it not been for a big. cell and much bee Tee eine 
jelly the queen would have issued from ve 
the pupa a regular worker or a drone. If the queen 
reaches maturity without mishap and enjoys the obei- 
sance of her followers, she in due course of time lays 
eggs. It is in her power to lay either fertilized or un- 
fertilized eggs. The male or drone bees are hatched 
from eggs that are fertilized. From the latter class are 
obtained the queens, their existence being dependent 
upon the manner in which nourishment is provided. 
7. Why bees swarm,—Ordinarily there is but one 
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