Archive image from page 91 of The illustrated Australasian bee manual. The illustrated Australasian bee manual and complete guide to modern bee culture in the southern hemisphere. With this is incorporated the 'New Zealand bee manual' greatly enlarged, revised and mostly rewritten CUbiodiversity1228471 Year: 1886 ( 72 AUSTRALASIAN The cells in which queen, or perfect female bees are laid and developed differ widely from those of the workers and drones : in the natural state, they are only built in the swarming season, or in cases where the colony has become queenless ; in the former case the
Archive image from page 91 of The illustrated Australasian bee manual. The illustrated Australasian bee manual and complete guide to modern bee culture in the southern hemisphere. With this is incorporated the 'New Zealand bee manual' greatly enlarged, revised and mostly rewritten CUbiodiversity1228471 Year: 1886 ( 72 AUSTRALASIAN The cells in which queen, or perfect female bees are laid and developed differ widely from those of the workers and drones : in the natural state, they are only built in the swarming season, or in cases where the colony has become queenless ; in the former case the cells are laid out for the purpose on the under side or on the edges of the comb, as shown in the following engraving, which exhibits, on an enlarged scale, the top view of a number of worker cells, with the egg and larva in the dif- ferent stages of development up to the time of capping the cells (in the line marked a); a section of a queen cell (b), showing the larva and a supply of the royal jelly, and a similar one completed and closed (at c). Fig. 22.—WORKER LARVJE AND Q,TJEEN CELLS. Langstroth, in describing the queen cells, says :— ' These cells somewhat resemble a small pea-nut, and are about an inch deep and one-third of an inch in diameter. Being very thick, they require much wax for their construction. They are seldom seen in a perfect state after the swarming season, as the bees, after the queen has hatched, cut them down to the shape of a small acorn cup.' The material of which these cells are composed is not pure wax; there is much pollen mixed with it. The outside surface is uneven and indented like the sides of a thimble. The num- ber built at one time varies much, according to circumstances— sometimes only two or three, but ordinarily not less than five,
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