Elementary studies in insect life Elementary studies in insect life elementarystudie00hunt Year: 1902 FIG. 62. A worker bee. X 2. in the pupal stage. The worker, as its name implies, is the laborer of the hive. It gathers all the honey, the pollen, the propolis or bee-glue, carries water, secretes wax, builds comb, pre- pares food, nurses the young brood, defends the hive, and cleans house. The workers are busy night and day. In a well-regulated colony the division of labor is as follows: The first work the young bee performs after it is two or three days old is to prepare food and feed the l
Elementary studies in insect life Elementary studies in insect life elementarystudie00hunt Year: 1902 FIG. 62. A worker bee. X 2. in the pupal stage. The worker, as its name implies, is the laborer of the hive. It gathers all the honey, the pollen, the propolis or bee-glue, carries water, secretes wax, builds comb, pre- pares food, nurses the young brood, defends the hive, and cleans house. The workers are busy night and day. In a well-regulated colony the division of labor is as follows: The first work the young bee performs after it is two or three days old is to prepare food and feed the larva? in the cells; its next duty, when ten or twelve days old, is to secrete wax and build the comb; at about twenty days old it becomes a honey-gatherer from the field. The young bee is easily known by the pale color and lack of strength; in a few days it becomes stronger and is well covered with hair; the aged worker is known by its tattered wings and bald body. The average life of the worker is about five weeks. If you will sit somewhere between the hive and the bee pastures you will fre- quently see the old bald bees falling by the wayside ; their strength is ex- hausted and their wings are no longer fit for duty. Bees, like people, have disposi- Fio. 63. Secretion of tions; they have moods. These dis- wax scales. (Enlarged, from 'Illustrirte Bie- positions seem to be transmitted nen-zeitung.»)
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