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BEES AND BEE-KEEPING. 



the former towards the base of the cell until its 

 position is reversed, the tail being outwards, and, 

 thus placed, it laps up all residue of food, especially 

 from its old clothes previously referred to, until they 

 are dried, and practically occupy no space. It now 

 throws up its stomach and bowel, with all their con- 

 tents, and without detaching them from its outer 

 skin, which is moulted as before, but, in this instance, 

 to be pressed against the cell, so as to form for it 

 an interior lining. The dejectamenta of the bowel in 



m cm e 



Fig. 4.— Larya and Chrysalis (Magnified Four Times). 



SL, Spinning Larva ; N, Nymph or Chrysalis ; FL, Feeding Larva; co, Cocoon; 

 sp, bpiracles ; t, Tongue ; m, Mandible ; an, Antenna ; w, Wing ; ce, Compound 

 Eye ; e, Excrement ; ex, Exuvium. 



this way lie between the cast skin and cell wall (as 

 seen at e, Fig. 4 ), and so the larva remains .abso- 

 lutely unsoiled. It now turns its head and resumes 

 its old position, joining its cocoon to the edges of its 

 last cast skin, so that its habitation is relined, it is 

 cleansed, and air can still pass to it through the 

 imperceptible openings left by the bees in the seal- 

 ing. This point is of radical importance, since 

 breathing is carried on pretty rapidly during the 



