CHAPTER I. 
A BRIEF HISTORY. 
THREE KINDS OF BEES. 
Every prosperous swarm, or family of bees, must 
contain one queen, several thousand workers, and, 
part of the year, a few hundred drones. 
QUEEN. WORKER. DRONE. 
QUEEN DESCRIBED. 
The queen is the mother of the entire family ; her 
duty appears to be only to deposit eggs in the cells. 
Her abdomen has its full size very abruptly where it 
joins the trunk or body, and then gradually tapers to 
a point. She is longer than either the drones or 
workers, but her size, in other respects, is a medium 
between the two. In shape she resembles the worker 
more than the drone; and, like the worker, has a 
sting, but will not use it for anything below royalty. 
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