A natomy of the Bee, 
construct a special cell round it, in the shape 
of an acorn, either beneath or on the sides 
of the comb. They only complete this cell 
in proportion as the larva is developed, and 
only seal it up when the larva is about to 
become a queen, by passing through the state 
of chrysalis or nymph. From the beginning of 
the work until the hatching of the queen eleven 
to fifteen days may elapse, depending on 
whether the queen is produced from a newly 
deposited egg, or from one which has been 
deposited two, three, or four days ; in the latter 
case the egg will have passed already into the 
condition of larva. 
The difference between the queen and the 
worker consists in the fact that, although of 
the same sex, the large size of her cell and the 
difference of her food cause her to come to 
perfection as a queen in sixteen days, whereas 
worker bees take twenty-one days to arrive at 
their imperfect state of development. 
We say imperfect as to sex, for workers do at 
times lay eggs, when left without a queen ; but 
these eggs only produce drones, because, owing 
to their construction, the workers cannot be 
fertilized. 
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