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TWENTY-FIFTH CHAPTER. 



A COMPARATIVE EXHIBIT OF THE SYSTEMS OF HUBER 

 AND HUISH. 



A hive is composed of 

 eight kinds of bees. 



A hive is composed of 

 three kinds of bees. 



The queen, who lays cer- 

 tain kinds of eggs. 



The queen, who lays every 

 egg in the hive, and is in fact 

 the only female in it. 



The drones, one of which 

 is sufficient to fecundate a 

 queen during the whole of 

 her life. 



The drones, who are the 

 males, and who fecundate 

 the eggs of the queen as they 

 are laid in the cells. 



The common bees, who 

 are females, having ovaria, 

 and laying eggs, from which 

 males only spring ; which 

 males, however, are never 

 seen. 



IV. 



Wax-makers, from whose 

 body the wax exudes. 



The common bees, who 

 collect the honey and make 

 the wax, and are of the 

 neuter gender. 



