. Bees and honey; or, The management of an apiary for pleasure and profit. Bees. BEE CULTURE, 19 months, and from recent experiments it is ascertained that it does not exceed six or eight weeks in the height of the honey season. Those reared in the fall, having little out-docr work to nerforui. will live till the spring. None of them die or. Fig. S.—Anterior Ley of Worker, maynified. old age, but the majority work themselves to death, and many are killed through other causes. BROOD. The egg is laid by the Queen, in the bottom of the cell : in three days it hatches into a small, white worm, cal
. Bees and honey; or, The management of an apiary for pleasure and profit. Bees. BEE CULTURE, 19 months, and from recent experiments it is ascertained that it does not exceed six or eight weeks in the height of the honey season. Those reared in the fall, having little out-docr work to nerforui. will live till the spring. None of them die or. Fig. S.—Anterior Ley of Worker, maynified. old age, but the majority work themselves to death, and many are killed through other causes. BROOD. The egg is laid by the Queen, in the bottom of the cell : in three days it hatches into a small, white worm, called larva, which being fed by the bees, increases rapidly in 'size ; when this larva nearly fills the cell, it is closed up by the 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 Newman, Thomas Gabriel, 1833-1903. Chicago, American Bee Journal
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