SYSTEMS OF HUBER AND HUISH, 



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HUBER. 



the young queens to death in 

 their cells. 



19. 

 The farina, when deposited 

 in the cell, is mixed and 

 kneaded with honey. 



20. 

 The bee, in unloading it- 

 self, goes head- foremost into 

 the cell. 



21. 

 If the impregnation of the 

 queen has been retarded, she 

 makes the greatest mistakes ; 

 laying drone eggs in com- 

 mon cells, and common eggs 

 in drone cells. 



22. 

 A young queen cannot lay 

 the eggs of drones until she 

 be eleven months old. 



23. 

 The hive which has lost 

 its queen can rear another 

 from a common egg, selected 

 for that purpose, by the ad- 

 ministration of royal jelly. 



24. 

 Bee-bread is used as the 

 food of the larvae, adminis- 

 tered by the common bees. 



HUISH. 



stings to death any of the 

 young queens. 



19. 

 The farina is deposited in 

 the cells in the crude state 

 that it is collected by the 

 bees. 



20. 



The bee, in unloading it- 

 self, places its hinder feet in 

 the cell, but never its head. 



21. 

 The queen is always con- 

 scious of the kind of egg 

 which she is about to lay ; 

 never laying a drone egg in 

 a common cell, nor a com- 

 mon egg in a drone cell. 



22. 



A young queen lays the 

 eggs of drones immediately 

 on being domiciled in a 

 hive. 



23. 



The hive which has lost 

 its queen, cannot rear an- 

 other unless there be a royal 

 egg in the hive. 



24. 

 Bee-bread is not applied 

 to the nutriment of the bees, 

 nor as the food of the larvae. 



