. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. Queen (female). Drone (male). Worker (neuter). queen, a few hundreds of drones, and several thousands of workers. The first bee we must notice is the Queen. She is the only female in the hive, and she is the mother of all the other bees, for she lays all the eggs which produce Queens, Workers, and Drones. She is thought a great deal of by the bee-keeper, because his success depends upon whether she is a good one or not. She is easily known from either drones or workers as she has a much longer and more tapering body, and her wings do not c
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. Queen (female). Drone (male). Worker (neuter). queen, a few hundreds of drones, and several thousands of workers. The first bee we must notice is the Queen. She is the only female in the hive, and she is the mother of all the other bees, for she lays all the eggs which produce Queens, Workers, and Drones. She is thought a great deal of by the bee-keeper, because his success depends upon whether she is a good one or not. She is easily known from either drones or workers as she has a much longer and more tapering body, and her wings do not cover the tapering or pointed end of her body. Her only duty is to lay eggs. Although from her eggs come three kinds of bees she only lays two kinds of eggs. One kind will produce worker-bees or queens, and the other only Queen (female).. 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 London
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