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hive the new queen falls immediately into possession and the new 
colony is formed with the 
new brood emerging at this 
time. 
The drones are 
The Drones present in the 
hive only dur- 
ing the spring and summer. 
In number they usually vary 
from 50 to 300. They gather 
no honey; neither do they 
perform any of the duties 
about the hive; yet they are 
a drain on the honey supply. 
The drones are not provided 
with stingers, although they 
make a louder noise and are 
considerably larger than the 
workers. They may be easi- 
ly recognized by their size 
and their blountly rounded 
Fic. 6, A AND B, Nerve SystEMs oF YOUNG abdenens. “The sole tate. 
anp ApuLr Honry BEE C, GANGLION tion is fulfilled in mating 
(after Cheshire) with the young queen as 
she takes her maiden flight 
from the hive during the warm, bright days of spring. When the 
honey fiow begins to lessen, or 
at the approach of cold weather, 
the drones are killed and the 
colony passes the winter without 
a single representative. As 
mentioned above, the drone de- 
_velops from an infertile egg, 
which may be deposited by the 
queen, or in case of a 
queenless colony, by a worker 
bee. The drone, like the queen 
and worker, passes through 
three stages before becoming 
fully developed. He takes longer 
to go through these changes 
than either the queen or the 
worker, 
The workers make 
The workers up the mass of 
the bees in the 
colony. In number they vary 
from 20,000 to 300,000, accord- 
ing to the strength of the colony. 
Their duties are varied. The 
young bees nurse the developing 
larvae, and keep the hive clean. py¢. 7—Hrap oF D 
Tie older bess ward ef sobbere Wea plizaD Of, Duows, Unran Leet 
or intruding pests, go afield Ricur Hanp Corner. HEAD OF WorK- 
gathering the nectar of flowers eR, Lower Lerr Hanp CoRNER VEN- 
three and four miles away, rar View or Bee SHowinc Wax 
bringing it to the hive and de- Prares, Lower Richt HAND CORNER 
positing it in the cells already (After Hammar) 
