24 SUCCESSFUL BEE-KEEPING. 
These drone cells number four to the inch each way, ma- 
King sixteen on each side, or thirty-two cells to the 
13.-—-Drone and Worker Comb, showing the transition from one to the 
other. 
square inch of comb; while the worker cells are five 
each way, or fifty to the square inch of comb. Let it be 
remembered that QUEENLESS COLONIES BUILD DRONE COMBS 
ONLY,* and that worker bees never issue from drone cells, 
and it will be evident why the “ Piling” system is a fail- 
* Except sometimes for about a day immediately following the removal of 
the queen. 
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