. Bee-breeding in the West. Bee culture. 5S. arise from amidst other cells, they are placed against the mouths of those cells and project beyond the common surface of the comb. They are perfectly smooth on the inner surface, while their outer side is covered with a kind of hexagonal fret- work, as if they were intended for the foun- dation of regular ; The eggs being deposited in these cells, are hatched without requiring any particular attention from the bees, except that of keeping up a proper temperature; in which case the larvae ap- pear in three days, and have the appear- ance
. Bee-breeding in the West. Bee culture. 5S. arise from amidst other cells, they are placed against the mouths of those cells and project beyond the common surface of the comb. They are perfectly smooth on the inner surface, while their outer side is covered with a kind of hexagonal fret- work, as if they were intended for the foun- dation of regular ; The eggs being deposited in these cells, are hatched without requiring any particular attention from the bees, except that of keeping up a proper temperature; in which case the larvae ap- pear in three days, and have the appear- ance of small white worms without feet, coiled up at the bottom of the cells. From this time the attention of the nursing bees is much more incessantly given to the royal larvae, than to that of the workers or drones, and they are fed with what appears to be a much more stimulating food than that given to the others; it has not the same sickening taste, but is somewhat acid, and is given in such quantity, that a part al waj s remains in the cell after the queen leaves it. It is thus "forced" as it were, into a more full and rapid development of all its organs, and in five days from its being hatched, it is ready to open its web preparatory to its transformation, and the bees enclose it by. 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 Affleck, Thomas. [from old catalog]. Cincinnati, E. Lucas
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