. The animal creation: a popular introduction to zoology. Zoology. HYMENOPTEKA. 15: lodged, while others are filled with honey, and the 23olleii of Sowers. Some of the houey-cells are left oj^en, others, used as a reserve, are carefully closed with a lid of wax. The royal cells, varying from two to forty in each hive, are much larger than the rest, and are suspended, like stalactites, from the margins of the combs. The cells provided for the males are intermediate in their dimensions between these and those constructed for the reception of the young labourers. As the bees in- variably build th
. The animal creation: a popular introduction to zoology. Zoology. HYMENOPTEKA. 15: lodged, while others are filled with honey, and the 23olleii of Sowers. Some of the houey-cells are left oj^en, others, used as a reserve, are carefully closed with a lid of wax. The royal cells, varying from two to forty in each hive, are much larger than the rest, and are suspended, like stalactites, from the margins of the combs. The cells provided for the males are intermediate in their dimensions between these and those constructed for the reception of the young labourers. As the bees in- variably build them from above downwards, those at the bottom are always the last constructed. The queen-bee begins to lay her eggs in early summer, and continues to do so at intervals till the close of autumn. Reaumur has estimated that she will sometimes lay twelve. Fig. 111.—HOXETCOMB, WITH MALE M'ORKEU AND llOYAL CELLS. thousand eggs in the course of twenty days. Guided by an unerring instinct, she never makes a mistake in choosing the cells proper to receive her different kinds of eggs. Those laid in early spring always give birth to working. 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 Jones, Thomas Rymer, 1810-1880. London : Society for Promoting Knowledge
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