RAISING A QUEEN, 
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proportion as the worm grows, the 
bees labour in extending the cell, and 
bring food, which they place before 
its mouth and about its body. The 
worm, which can move only in a 
spiral direction, turns incessantly* 
to take the food before its head $ it 
gradually descends, and at length ar¬ 
rives at the orifice of the cell. It is 
now about to transform into a nymph, 
and, as any farther care would be 
unnecessary, the workers close up and 
finish the cell, and there the worm 
undergoes both its metamorphosis. 
At length, the young queen, reared 
according to Schirrach’s discovery, 
comes from her cellj she soon after 
