MANAGEMENT OF HONEY BEES. 65 
the nurses retain their ovoidal figure. The 
anatomical structure of the two is said to be 
different, and the capacity of stomach not 
the same; so that the one species is incapa- 
ble of fulfilling all the functions of the other. 
Huber has also directed our attention toa 
class ef workers, which he calls black Bees. 
In every thing they bear a perfect resem- 
blance to their fellow-workers, except in co- 
lor, which in them is a deep black. He 
describes them as persecuted by the other 
workers, and finally expelled the hives or 
destroyed. 
I have noticed them, though rarely, per- 
haps not more than ten or twelve in a season. 
The other Bees did not molest them, as far 
as I observed, nor indeed seem in any way 
sensible of their presence. It is not impro- 
bable that they are merely aged Bees, and 
that their deeper color arises from the hair 
or down with which the young are so thick- 
ly clothed, being worn off their bodies. In 
describing the functions of the working Bee, 
it would be improper A pass over unnoticed 
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