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queen (Fig. 34, b ), of which there is normally only one, the 
mother of all the other bees of the colony (except just after a 
Fig. 34. — The honeybee: a, worker; 6, queen; c, drone. Slightly 
enlarged. 
new queen has been reared), (2) thousands of workers (Fig. 
34, a ) or sexually undeveloped females which normally lay 
no eggs but do all the other work and (3) many drones (Fig. 
34, c) or males, often removed 
or restricted in numbers by the 
beekeeper, whose only function 
is to mate with young queens. 
These three types of adult in¬ 
dividuals are easily recognizable 
even by a novice by differences 
in the size of the various parts of 
the body. In addition to the 
adult bees, there are normally 
found during the active season 
all stages of developing bees 
(Fig. 35). 
Fig. 35. — The honeybee: a, 
egg; b, young larva; c, old 
larva ; d, pupa. Enlarged. 
Queen. 
There ' is normally but one 
queen, the largest individual in 
