The drawings accompanying this paper should be en¬ 
larged upon the blackboard before presenting the lesson. 
Every pupil should be made to observe closely the struc¬ 
ture of the bee, as presented in Fig. 2. 
Point out the four stages of the bee: first, the egg; 
second, the larva; third, the pupa in the chrysalis, and 
fourth, the imago, or full-grown bee. 
Point out that the average family of bees consists of one 
mother bee (Queen), 2,000 drones, or males, and 20,000 
workers; that the males are allowed to live only about two 
months in early summer, but that the workers and Queen 
may live two or three years if they survive the winters. 
Observe that there is remarkable division of labor. 
Call attention to the helpless condition of the larvae in 
the cells ; that the nurses do not fly out for food, but take 
from the store that has been gathered. 
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