. Elementary studies in insect life. Insects. ELEMENTARY STUDIES IN INSECT LIFE reared, and are different from those in which the worker and drone bees are reared. Figure (>0 shows the large queen cells extending out from the comb, not unlike a peanut in shape. These, it might be added, are cells which have been constructed in an artificial way; that is, when the bees are forced to produce a queen out of the regular swarming season. At the regular season of. FIG. 60. Brood corub, showing queen cells protruding. the year, when the bees give regular attention to rear- ing a few queens, the qu
. Elementary studies in insect life. Insects. ELEMENTARY STUDIES IN INSECT LIFE reared, and are different from those in which the worker and drone bees are reared. Figure (>0 shows the large queen cells extending out from the comb, not unlike a peanut in shape. These, it might be added, are cells which have been constructed in an artificial way; that is, when the bees are forced to produce a queen out of the regular swarming season. At the regular season of. FIG. 60. Brood corub, showing queen cells protruding. the year, when the bees give regular attention to rear- ing a few queens, the queen cells will be found usually at the ends and bottom of the comb. These young queens will become fertile and begin laying eggs when they are ten to twelve days old. An active queen will deposit from two to three thousand eggs daily. She is of great service to her colony for two years, and may live still longer. The queen is in- tensely jealous, and will brook no rival in her domain. The appearance of another queen is a signal for a battle, which generally terminates in the death of one. It is on such occasions only that queens use their 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 Hunter, Samuel John, 1866-1946. Topeka, Kan. , Crane & company
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