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queen, it is clear that either an egg or larva must 
undergo removal, or that the base of the cell upon 
which the egg is placed, and to which it is fixed, 
must have existed before the queen’s departure. 
Although I noticed, several years ago, in one or two 
cases, circumstances which seemed to conclusively 
indicate the removal of eggs, and have seen a queen- 
cell built quite apart from any comb, with its base 
A B 
Fig. 77.— The Two Varieties of Quee.n-cele in Section (Natural Size). 
A, Position of Comb from Hive under swarming impulse- nqc, Normal Queen- 
cell ; e. Egg ; rc, Reduced Worker-cells ; pu. Pupa ; H, H, Honey. B, Position 
of Comb Rom Hive which has lost its Queen— e^c, Emergency Queen-cell ; 
rj, Royal Jelly ; co, Cocoon ; p. Pollen. 
upon the bottom rail of a frame, as though a dropped 
egg had been utilised, I am still doubtful, and only 
feel it safe to say that, practically, eggs must hatch, 
and the larvae must be brought up where the former 
were laid. Under these circumstances, the worker- 
cell is, of necessity, transformed into a queen-cell. 
To this end, three surrounding cells are obliterated, 
in order to supply foundation-room for the heavy 
