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PHYSIOLOGY OP THE HONEY-BEE. 



sliaiige and improbable. The most important of these effects 

 "We shall briefly enumerate. 



1st. The iDeculiar mode in which the worm designed for a 

 queen is treated causes it to arrive at maturity almost one- 

 third earlier than if it had been reared a worker. And yet, 

 as it is to be much more fully developed, according to ordi- 

 nary analogy, it should have had a slower growth. 



Fig, 23. 

 THE STING OF THE QUEEN. 



(Magnified. After Barb6.) 



