. A first book of zoology [microform]. Zoology; Zoologie. BEES AND WASPS 61 ,,ueen develops Trom a fertilized cuk .n three days as a ^rub. which is care- fully fed and tended by workers who prepare a food called jelly-the future queen's sole diet. The larva or Knib ,8 sealed in a "royal cell" when full-^rown, and after Bpmmnif a cocoon which is open at the hind end. becomes a motionless pupa, emergin,? in fifteen .lays from the time the eKK was as an insect in its perfect It;; the'':;;.: ^^^ "^ -'''- --' -^^ ^^« ^- J^^X life o
. A first book of zoology [microform]. Zoology; Zoologie. BEES AND WASPS 61 ,,ueen develops Trom a fertilized cuk .n three days as a ^rub. which is care- fully fed and tended by workers who prepare a food called jelly-the future queen's sole diet. The larva or Knib ,8 sealed in a "royal cell" when full-^rown, and after Bpmmnif a cocoon which is open at the hind end. becomes a motionless pupa, emergin,? in fifteen .lays from the time the eKK was as an insect in its perfect It;; the'':;;.: ^^^ "^ -'''- --' -^^ ^^« ^- J^^X life of a (iueen bee âa period varying from three to five yearsâshe is en- gaged in laying eggs, only leaving the hive if there is a migration to fresh quarters, or on the single occasion when impregnation with the fertilizing sub- stance of a drone occurs. Thus a queen bee is exempt from tho care» of providing food ami of protcctiââ the in «â ^."'"-]'"'""'"â ""ly ""^ qxeen can exist peaceably m a h,,e, there i, a commotion if another .,ueen i^ ^oveloped, and a f,«ht occurs, resulting either in tie death of one queen, or in her removal by some loyal workers to a Should a ,ueen come as an interlopTrth: workers ,gâore her, and she is allowed to starve to death! â.l,-l^'-'/r '"""" """^ 'â "' ^ "'"">â as 1000 eggs daily wh,ch ,f ertili^d. become workers, unless theTanl ^' fed entirely upon royal jelly, when the fortunate srub^. Fk; Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Burlend, T. H; Cornish, George A. (George Augustus), 1872-1960. Toronto : Macmillan
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