GROWTH AXD FEEDING OF HONEYBEE LARVAE. 
37 
Table 5. — Data obtained from observations of visits of nurse bee*, etc. — Contd. 
VISITS TO CELLS CONTAINING LARVM FOUR DAYS AFTER HATCHING — Ctmtd. 
Number of visits per period of 10 minute. Time SV^""™"* 
Designation. 
Inspection, 
Type A. 
Inspection, 
TypeB. 
Nursing. 
Total. 
Time spent in 
individual 
visits. 
Total time 
spent p**r 
10-minute 
period. 
Larval 



n 
4 
8 
5 
11 
5 
8 
i 
9 
l£ 
12 
Seconds. 
5,2,4,2,24 
3,4,2,5,4,2,6, 
62. 
20,5,3,2,5,11, 
2 
5,4,25,7,2 
Seconds. 
37 
88 
48 
5 1 16 
43 
1.20 
7.73 
5.54 
14.47 
7.41 41 
VISITS TO CELLS CONTAINING LARWS! FIVE DAYS AFTER HATCHING. 
2 
3 
2 







o 

12 
7 
9 
14 
8 
16 
12 
11 
9 
10 
8 
15 
17 
8 
6 
3 
7 
i 
10 
10 
5 
11 
29 
27 
19 
20 
11 
23 
14 
21 
21 
19 
15 
19 
10,2,4,3,18,3, 
7,18,4,11,3, 
3,3,2,4. 
3,25,8,8,2,7,8, 
7,9,2,2,20, 
40,2,3,6,2. 
2,2,2,5,3,2,2, 
2. 
58,62,14,4,110, 
2. 
2,2,6 
1.54 
20 
250 
10 
Larva f 
2,3,2,63,2,7,3 
60,10 
82 
Larva g 
Larva h 
Larva i 
Larva j 
Larva k 
Larva 1 
70 
17,23,5,1.5,10, 
70,2,7,25,45, 
7,15,35,15. 
60,3,2,2,4,5, 
6, 5, 7, 16. 
7,2,4,3,6,3,3, 
3,2,2 
3,10,9,2,45.... 
7, 15, 35, 3, 7, 40, 
35,35, 15, 15, 
24. 
291 
110 
35 
fi9 
231 
Average 
0.58 
10. 25 
9.0 
19.83 
13. 12 
IIS. 08 
Table 6. — Summary (from Table 5) of the num 
record being the total for an individual egg or 
her of visits of all kinds, eaih 
larva for a 10-minute period. 
Age. 
Number of visits of all kinds by nurse bees. 
Average 
per 
period. 
Egg 
6 
7 
6 
18 
19 
29 
7 
7 
7 
12 
32 
27 
4 
8 
6 
15 
1« 
19 
16 
5 
6 
7 
11 
20 
7 
8 
2 
8 
12 
11 
6 
6 
5 
3 
7 
23 
3 
10 
I 
14 
3 
6 
6 
3 
13 
21 
4 
1 
3 
6 
14 
21 
6 
9 
4 
5 
15 
19 
4 
6 
3 
8 
6 
15 
5 
4 
14 
6 
9 
19 
4 
4 
7 
8 
8 
5 
**7 
5.93 
6.40 
2-dav larva 
5.79 
3-dav larva 
a b 
16 
12 
16 
14.47 
5-dav larva 
19. S3 
Table 7. — Summary (from Table 5) of the time spent in nursing, each record 
being the total for an individual egg or larva for a 10-minute period. 
Age. 
Average 
Time spent in nursing (seconds). 
per 
period. 
2 

22 
17 

5 


9 
14 
10 
10 

2 
6.50 
43 

2 
28 
10 
37 
4 
83 
2 
10 

7 
60 
3 
22 
20.73 
2 
4 
6 
10 
2 


4 

o 
2 
31 
9 
3 
5.93 
10 
57 

29 
18 
15 

25 
39 
72 

3 
14 
30 
2 
33 
3 
65 

67 
44 
3 
7 
37 
11.42 
41.00 
88 
4^ 
43 
95 
1.54 
20 
250 
10 
82 
70 
291 
110 
35 
69 
231 
118.08 
Average 
per 
visit. 
Egg 
1-day larva 
2-day larva 
3-day larva 
4-day larva 
5-day larva 
5.06 
12 00 
3.77 
7.41 
13. 12 
