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BULLETIN 1222, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Table 1. — Weight* of the bee larra' of fire lots, <it intervals of >) hours 
(1915 and ID 16). 
Lot No. and age in 
davs. 
Lotl: 
Eggs 
Oday 
Idav 
2 days 
3 days 
4 days 
5 davs 
Lot 2: 
lday 
2 days 
3 days 
4 days 
4h to 5 days 
Lot 3: 
1 day 
2 davs 
3 days 
4 days 
4h to 5 davs 
Lot 4: 
1 day 
2days 
3 days 
4 days 
4J to 5 days 
Lot 5: 
1 dav 
2 days 
3days 
4 days 
5 days 
5| to 6 days 
Average of Lots 1 to 5: 
Odav 
lday 
2davs 
3 days 
4 days 
4i to 5 days 
Total 
weight. 
larval w ^ ht - 
2.00 
1.00 
4.45 
27.55 
76.30 
333. 10 
778. 15 
10.20 
53.50 
188.40 
597.50 
2 2,374.70 
5.70 
45.10 
114. SO 
638.80 
2 2,374.70 
3.05 
31.75 
166.50 
502.70 
2 2,374.70 
5.20 
29.60 
70.10 
295. 20 
727. 80 
2 2,374.70 
1.00 
28.60 
187. 50 
616. 10 
2,367.30 
3. 152. 85 
2 15 
Mg. 
0.100 
.100 
.445 
2. 755 
15. 260 
66. 620 
155. 630 
1.020 
5.350 
37.6*0 
119.500 
2 158.313 
0.633 
9. 020 
22.960 
127. 760 
2 158. 313 
0.610 
6.350 
33.300 
100.540 
2 158.313 
0.520 
2.960 
14. 020 
59. 040 
145. 700 
2 158.313 
0.100 
.650 
4.687 
24. 640 
94. 692 
157. 642 
increase. mcrease - 
Remark? 
Ug. 
Per cenf. 
0.345 
2.310 
12. 505 
51.360 
89. 010 
10.920 
4.330 
32. 330 
81. 820 
2 38. 813 
10.530 
8.387 
13.940 
104.800 
2 30. 553 
i 0. 510 
5. 740 
26.950 
67.240 
2 57. 773 
i 0. 410 
2.440 
11.060 
45. 020 
86.660 
2 12. 613 
0. 550 
40. 370 
19. 928 
70. 052 
62. 950 
345 
519 
454 
337 
134 
1920 
425 
604 
217 
2 32 
1530 
1.325 
155 
456 
-•24 
1510 
941 
424 
202 
120 
469 
374 
321 
147 
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Larva? partly sealed. 
Larva? sealed. 
Sealing begun. 
Sealing completed. 
Sealing begun. 
Sealing completed. 
Sealing begun. 
Sealing completed. 
550 
621 
426 
284 
66 i Larvae attain maturitv. 
i Based on difference between the first day's weight and the weight of the egg as given for Lot 1. 
2 Figures obtained from weighing in 1916 of 15 mature larva? from the same colony as Lot 1. 
