92 proceedings of the natural [April, 1887. 
a repetition of the first. Before long there are many hundreds 
of neuters busy at work. When we found the nest upon which 
we experimented it was nearly the first of August, and the swarm 
was very stiong in numbers and very thrifty and energetic in 
the performance of household duties. 
It is said by the Rev. Dr. Bingley that it requires eight days 
ic egg to develop into the worm, and that nine or ten days 
are occupied m the chrysalis stage. He does not give the time 
equire or t e woim to develop into the chrysalis but probably 
x or seven days would be sufficient; and in that case the -whole 
period would not exceed twenty-five days. Possibly, as in the 
i GeS ’ ^ e ^ rones > or males, may require a few days more, 
and the queens a few days less for their metamorphosis.' At the 
and 7!? A T St ’ tHen ’ thel ' e must have been both queen 
Au t 6g ° S eposited, since when we opened the nest, on 
August 25 we found perfect queens and drones. 
inff fi-.pi* 6 ° Was ^ s * s ^^led between collecting food, enlarg- 
"“7."' reari “S lh * young. The first function,' 
ril V‘r‘1 01 ““ is eas “y observed, ,nd .. 
snnS, aldt 77 ? ,tom °»* •»«» alter 
sunrise and kept busy until dusk t™ . a . . x 
the amount of labor daily performe m§ t0 ^ 
frequentlvpminwi +1 ‘ \ nec * ^y an outside worker we 
the nest during a certain 1 ™ 7 ° f Wa8pS that arrived at and left 
servations at many different ^17177 ’ ^ ^ 
we watched thp a- ot c ^ a ^* one instance 
one of us counting thoi 'tblTa/' ^7 4:4 ° A ' Until 12 
the departures. So many times "did ^7 ^ ^ C ° Unt€d 
able to estimate, before we opened th ° thlS ^ W ® ^ 
from 2,500 to 3,000 wasps in ,n 7 n6St ’ that we should find 
it was opened 2,563 ’ ^ WG actlla ^y counted, after 
M< *t °1 °ur notes on deonrtnmo i 
the appendix, but we give hem * and arr ivals will be found in 
when we watched the nest from d-Z ° bservation of Au S ust 18 ’ 
perature at 4:40 was 56° p ' W A- M ' to 12 M - The tem- 
