. Animal physiology. Physiology, Comparative; Physiology, Comparative. Fig. 273.—Royal Cell. 714. The ordinary cells of the comb are of two sizes; one for the larvae of the working-bees, and the other for those of the drones. Both of these may be used for laying up a store of food, either for themselves or the progeny; but it is observed that, in the breeding season, the central portion of each comb, only, is tenanted by the young Bees ; this being the part of the hive where they will most constantly obtain the warmth requisite for their development (§. 411). The deposition of the eggs in thes
. Animal physiology. Physiology, Comparative; Physiology, Comparative. Fig. 273.—Royal Cell. 714. The ordinary cells of the comb are of two sizes; one for the larvae of the working-bees, and the other for those of the drones. Both of these may be used for laying up a store of food, either for themselves or the progeny; but it is observed that, in the breeding season, the central portion of each comb, only, is tenanted by the young Bees ; this being the part of the hive where they will most constantly obtain the warmth requisite for their development (§. 411). The deposition of the eggs in these cells only, therefore, is another remarkable instinct on the part of the Queen ; and this is further manifested in the fact, that she never deposits eggs in the comb, with which the glasses are filled that are sometimes placed on the top of a hive, as in Figure 272. The temperature of these glasses is ne- cessarily lower than that of the interior of the hive.—The royal cells, as they are termed, in which the larvae of the young queens are reared, are different in form from the rest; sometimes they lie in the midst of them, as shown in the accompanying figure; but most commonly they project from the sides or edges of the comb. 715. The food which the Bees collect, is of two kinds,—the honey of flowers for themselves, and their pollen for the larvae. The honey, which they suck up by means of their proboscis-like tongue, seems to undergo some change in their digestive cavity; and the part not required for their own nourishment, is af- terwards returned from the stomach, and deposited in one of the cells, which, when filled, is sealed with a cover- ing of wax. The pollen is obtained by rubbing the body against the anthers, or the parts of the flower over which the pollen may have been scat- tered by their bursting; and when the surface has been sufii-. Fig. 274.—Bee's Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitall
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