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the larvee of the workers, the middling-sized ones for the larvae of 
the males, and the large ones for the larvae of the queens. 



















































Fig. 317.—Cells constructed by Bees. 
These last, that is, the royal cells, are generally only about 
twenty in number, in a hive containing twenty thousand bees. 
Constructed of a mixture of wax and of propolis, resembling a 

Fig. 318.—The cells of a beehive. A, large cells intended for the larve of the queens. B, middling- 
sized cells intended for the larvee of the males. C, small cells intended for the larve of workers. 
rounded thimble, they form tubes of half an inch long, turned 
towards the exterior, and placed always vertically, in such a 
manner as to appear detached from the comb. 

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