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BREEDING. 
esting to witness operations in a glass hive. I have 
seen her several times during one day, on the same 
piece of comb (next the glass). The light has no 
immediate effect on her “ Highness,” as she will quietly 
continue about her duty, not the least embarrassed by 
curious eyes at the window. Before depositing an 
egg, she enters the cell head first, probably to ascer- 
tain if it is in proper condition to receive it ; as a cell 
part filled with bee-bread or honey is never used. If 
the area of combs is small, or the family is small, and 
cannot protect a large space with the necessary heat, 
she will often deposit two, and sometimes three, in 
one cell (the supernumeraries I suppose are removed 
by the workers) . But under prosperous circumstanoes, 
with a hive of suitable size, &c., this emergency is 
avoided. 
OPERATION OF LATINO- AND THE EGGS DESCRIBED. 
When a cell is in a condition to receive the egg, 
on withdrawing her head she immediately curves 
her abdomen, and inserts it a few seconds. After 
leaving it, an egg may be seen attached by one end 
to the bottom; about the sixteenth of an inch in 
length, slightly curved, very small, nearly uniform 
the whole length, abruptly rounded at the ends, semi- 
transparent, and covered with a very thin and ex- 
tremely delicate coat, often breaking with the slightest 
touch. 
After the egg has been about three days in the 
cell, a small white worm may be seen coiled in the 
bottom, surrounded with a milky-like substance, which 
