52 THE QUEEN BEE. 



SECOND CHAPTER. 



THE QUEEN BEE. 



THE QUEEN BEE THE MOTHER OF ALL THE INMATES OF A HIVE ORGANIC 

 STRUCTURE OF THE QUEEN BEE — POSITION OF THE EGGS IN HER OVA- 

 RIUM — INVESTIGATIONS OF THE FRENCH AND ENGLISH APIARIANS THE 

 FECUNDATION OF THE QUEEN ACCORDING TO THE SYSTEM OF HUBER 

 DIFFICULTY ATTENDING THAT SYSTEM — THE QUEEN BEGINS TO LAY HER 

 EGGS IN JANUARY — BOSTEL AN ADVOCATE FOR THE SELF- FECUNDATION 

 OF THE QUEEN — THE DRONE DETERMINED TO BE THE MALE BEE — THE 

 OVARIUM OF THE QUEEN, ACCORDING TO HUBER, FECUNDATED FOR THE 

 WHOLE OF HER LIFE BY A SINGLE ACT OF COITION WITH THE DRONE — 

 NUMERICAL FECUNDITY OF THE QUEEN BEE (Note.) — NUMBER OF OVI- 

 DUCTS IN THE OVARIUM OF THE QUEEN — NUMBER OF EGGS IN THE 

 OVARIUM — THE EARLIEST APPEARANCE OF EGGS IN THE OVARIUM — 

 SOME DRONES SURVIVE THE WINTER, ACCORDING TO BONNER — DENIED 

 BY SIR JOHN SINCLAIR — THE SEXUAL INTERCOURSE OF THE QUEEN AND 

 THE DRONE ADVANCED BY THE FRENCH APIARIANS — REMARKS OF THE 

 MONTHLY REVIEWERS (Note.) — NUMBER OF EGGS LAID BY THE QUEEN 

 IN ONE HOUR — LUTTICHAU AN EYE-WITNESS OF THE ACT OF COITION — 

 DETECTION OF THE DRONE IN THE FECUNDATION OF THE EGG — MICRO- 

 SCOPICAL EXAMINATION OF THE SEMINAL MATTER — THE FECUNDATION 

 OF THE EGG IN THE CELL CONFIRMED BY DEBRAW — THEORY OF SWAM- 

 MERDAM — THE HYPOTHESIS OF L'ABBE DELLA ROCCA RELATIVE TO THE 

 COPULATION OF THE QUEEN AND THE DRONE (Note.) — -THE QUEEN BEE 

 NEVER LEAVES THE HIVE — THE CONTRARY ASSERTED BY HUBER — THE 

 PERIOD OF HER ABSENCE FROM THE HIVE — EFFECT OF HER ABSENCE ON 

 THE BEES — THE DRONE, ACCORDING TO HUBER, DIES AFTER COPULATION 

 — SINGULAR DISCOVERY OF HUBER IN REGARD TO THE DRONE — EXPERI- 

 MENT OF HUBER WITH SOME YOUNG QUEENS — THE YOUNG QUEENS 

 DEPART WITH THE SWARMS — CONFIRMED BY SWAMMERDAM — CONTRA- 

 DICTION OF HUBER RELATIVE TO THE OLD AND Y'OUNG QUEENS — THE 

 YOUNG QUEEN BEE COMMENCES TO LAY HER EGGS IMMEDIATELY AFTER 

 BEING SETTLED IN THE HIVE — EXPERIMENT TO DETERMINE THE SAME 

 — EXPERIMENT OF HUBER WITH THE QUEENS AND DRONES — INCONSIS- 

 TENCY OF THE EXPERIMENT — QUEEN BEES, ACCORDING TO HUBER, BRED 

 IN OCTOBER — EXPERIMENT THEREON — ITS FALLACY — THE SY'STEM OF 

 RETARDED IMPREGNATION — ITS EFFECTS ON THE EARLY' OR LATE 

 OVIPOSITING OF THE QUEEN — THE DISPROPORTION OF MALES TO FE- 

 MALES IN A HIVE CONSIDERED — THE YOUNG QUEEN LEAVES THE HIVE 

 TWENTY-FOUR HOURS AFTER HER BIRTH — OPINION OF MILES — CON- 

 STRUCTION OF THE CELL IN WHICH A QUEEN IS BORN — EXACT POSITION 

 OF THE CELL IN THE HIVE — DIFFERENT STAGES OF THE GROWTH OF A 

 QUEEN — PERIOD OF A BEE ARRIVING AT MATURIIY — MANNER IN WHICH 

 THE QUEEN BEE LAY'S HER EGGS — THE SYSTEM OF THE EGG FECUND- 

 ATED IN THE CELL BY THE DRONE — ANALOGY BETWEEN THE BEE AND 

 THK WASP — EXPERIMENTS TO DETERMINE THE FECUNDATION OF THE 

 EGG — HYPOTHESIS OF MR. DUNBAR — FRUCTIFIED EcGS REMAIN IN THE 

 HIVE IN THE BROOD COMBS DURING THE WINTER — THE QUEEN BEE 

 LEAVES THE HIVE IF THERE BE NO VACANT CELLS IN WHICH TO DE- 

 POSIT HER EGGS— REMEDY FOR THAT DEFECT— REPUGN ANCE OF THE 

 QUE F.N BEE TO STING— ATTACHMENT OF THE BEES TO THEIR QUEEN — 

 THE CEREMONY OF LAYING THE EGGS ACCORDING TO HUBER — ESTAB- 

 LISHMENT OF THE GUARDS — PERIOD OF DEPOSITING THE EGGS— TEM- 

 PERATURE OF THE HIVE— NUTT ON THE TEMPERATURE OF A HIVE— THE 

 EGGS HATCHED THE THIRD DAY AFTER THEIR DEPOSITION— PROGRESS 

 OF THE BEE TO MATURITY. 



