. The new bee-keepers' text-book. Bees; Bee culture. 80 QUEEN CELL AND ;. In brood rearing remember that queens hatch in about fourteen days from the egg; workers in about twenty-one; and drones in about twen- ty-four days. Any worker egg may be used by the bees in rearing a queen. If the egg is hatched before it is used by the bees, the queen may emerge in less than fourteen days. The queen lays eggs very rapid- ly, sometimes as many as 2,000 or 3,000 per day. She bends her body, in laying and leaves the small white egg, sticking to the bottom of the cell. In the accompanying figure
. The new bee-keepers' text-book. Bees; Bee culture. 80 QUEEN CELL AND ;. In brood rearing remember that queens hatch in about fourteen days from the egg; workers in about twenty-one; and drones in about twen- ty-four days. Any worker egg may be used by the bees in rearing a queen. If the egg is hatched before it is used by the bees, the queen may emerge in less than fourteen days. The queen lays eggs very rapid- ly, sometimes as many as 2,000 or 3,000 per day. She bends her body, in laying and leaves the small white egg, sticking to the bottom of the cell. In the accompanying figure at b b eggs are shown. at the bottom of the cell, and larvae in different stages at c c. No. I re- presents a queen-cell cut open, to show its construction. It is attached to the comb at e. The part removed is shown at d; the queen larvaj at b, and the royal jelly at c. No. 2. shows one of the lame taken from its cell. And No. 3. the same just before it begins to spin its 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 King, Albert J; King, N. H; King, Homer A. New York, King
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