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Plate 9, 



HOXEY-COMB and BROOD. 



A little under natural size. 



queen-cell with lid, && It oftea appears after the queen has hatched out of it; 



6, unhatched queeu-cell; c, remains of a queen-cell; d, queen-cell whose 



inmate has been destroyed; n, queen-cell in the midst of a comh; 



e, cells containing honey; /. cells with worker brood; 



gy cells with drone brood 



