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prepared by other worker bees which remained at home. Still other 
worker bees go afield gathering pollen, which when mixed with saliva 
forms the beebread or food of the young bee. The workers are also 
the source of the wax used in 
making the comb and cappings. 
The bee glue or propolis is used 
in sealing up cracks and firmly 
fastening the parts of the hive 
together. Should the honey be 
too thin for capping it is the 
worker bee who performs the 
process of evaporating the sur- 
plus water. This is done by 
rapid action of its wings. The 
steps in the life-history of the 
worker are very similar to those 
of the queen. The main excep- 
tions are that a worker is not fed 
the “royal jelly” and the worker 
requires 21 days to develop. 
The following table shows the 
days required for the develop- 
ment of the different members 
of the hive: 
Fic. 8—A, Turrp Lec or Drone. Egg Larva Pupa_ Total 
B, Tuirp Lec of QUEEN Queen .. 3 54 qT 154 
C, Sensory Harrs rrom LaB- Worker . 3° 5 13 21 
1aAL PaLPus. Drone .. 3 6 15 24 
D, Sensory Hares FROM 
MAXILLA. 
E, Sprit Hairs on Toncus. 
I, Hatrs anp Polen 
Cas 
é 
oT 3 
@® e 
BO 5 
ae 
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Fic. 9—Drone CELLS Usep ror HoneyFic. 10—A CoMBINATION OF WORKER 
Storace—Lower EpcE oF CELL.1S AND Drone CELLS. THe SMALLER 
Cappep First Cetts aT Top Are WorKER CELLS 
