OUEEN DEVELOPMENT. 



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as already said, extends much beyond the cell mouth, 

 the remainder of the covering of drone and worker 

 being the cast skin ; but, in the case of the queen 

 grub, whose cocoon is really more extensive, and 

 decidedly tougher, than that of the other inhabitants 

 of the hive, the royal jelly, occupying the upper part 

 of the cell [a, Fig. 48) clearly prevents the usual method 

 of proceeding. The skin and bowel are, indeed, cast 

 as by the worker, but they are not spread out on the 



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Fig. 48.— Comb and Queen Cells (Magnified Twice). 

 « Queen Cell Cut to Expose Royal Jelly and Grub at Upper End ; b Thickness 

 of Cell ;\ Dimpling Outside Cell ; d, Spot where Bowel Contents and 

 Exuvium are Placed 



cell wall. The bowel, relatively small, and containing 

 little waste product, is thrown against the side of the 

 cell at d, Fig. 48, just below the mass of royal jelly; 

 and here the skin of the body is placed also, where 

 both can always be found, by opening a queen cell 

 on the third day after sealing. During the earlier 

 part of the changes, the developing insect adheres, 

 by the dorsum, to the wet royal jelly, and probably 



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