. Quinby's new bee-keeping. The mysteries of bee-keeping explained. Combining the results of fifty years' experience, with the latest discoveries and inventions, and presenting the most approved methods, forming a complete guide to successful bee-culture. Bees. 33 THE Fig. 6.—ESQ3 AND LABV-a. at the ends, semi-transparent, and covered with a very thin and delicate coat, which will often break at the slightest touch. WHEN THE EGGS HATCH. After the egg has been in the cell about three days, a small white worm may be seen coiled in the bottom, sur- rounded by a milk-like sub- stance
. Quinby's new bee-keeping. The mysteries of bee-keeping explained. Combining the results of fifty years' experience, with the latest discoveries and inventions, and presenting the most approved methods, forming a complete guide to successful bee-culture. Bees. 33 THE Fig. 6.—ESQ3 AND LABV-a. at the ends, semi-transparent, and covered with a very thin and delicate coat, which will often break at the slightest touch. WHEN THE EGGS HATCH. After the egg has been in the cell about three days, a small white worm may be seen coiled in the bottom, sur- rounded by a milk-like sub- stance, which, without doubt, is its food. How this food is prepared, is mere conjecture. The supposition is, that it is chiefly composed of pollen; this is strongly indicated by the quantity which accumu- lates in hives that lose their queen and rear no brood—that is, when a requisite number of workers is left. The workers may be seen entering the cell every few minutes, probably to supply this food. When the comb is new and white, these operations can be seen more distinctly than when it is old and dark. (Fig. 6.) In about six days after the worm hatches, it is sealed over with a convex waxen lid. It is now hidden from our sight for about twelve days, when it bites off the cover, and comes forth a perfect bee. A very thin silken cocoon remains, which has been spun by the larva. Old combs are sometimes thought to be objectionable, from the accumulation of these cocoons, thereby reducing the cells in size, and diminishing the size of the bees reared in them; but the extreme thinness of the lining deprives this objeetion of force. The period from the egg to the perfect bee, varies from twenty to twenty-four days, aver- aging about twenty-one for workers, and twenty-four for drones. The temperature of the hive will vary somewhat. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of
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