. The honey-bee; its nature, homes and products. Bees. i6 THE HONEY-BEE. When ready to emerge from the cell, the young bee nibbles round the lid of its abode, and bursting its cocoon along the back, it crawls forth in its imago or perfect condition. Forthwith the busy nurses clean it from any remains of its silken covering ; brush its legs and antennae; pull its wings and fuss about it, as if to urge it to action and to arouse it to a due sense of its newly acquired powers. Speedily awakened to its responsibilities, the young bee as- sumes, as its earliest duties, the tending of the brood- cel
. The honey-bee; its nature, homes and products. Bees. i6 THE HONEY-BEE. When ready to emerge from the cell, the young bee nibbles round the lid of its abode, and bursting its cocoon along the back, it crawls forth in its imago or perfect condition. Forthwith the busy nurses clean it from any remains of its silken covering ; brush its legs and antennae; pull its wings and fuss about it, as if to urge it to action and to arouse it to a due sense of its newly acquired powers. Speedily awakened to its responsibilities, the young bee as- sumes, as its earliest duties, the tending of the brood- cells, the feeding of the larvae, and the various offices. Fig. 5.—Worker Larva and Pupa in Comb. SO recently performed for itself by its slightly older sisters. Then, as strength increases, the wings are tried in flight; the locality of its home is reconnoitred, and in two or three days after its emergence into its complete condition it issues forth on journeys, nearer or more remote, in search of stores for the perpetually recurring wants of the succession of children continu- ally being reared in the hive. Each complete community of bees consists of three classes; iirst, the queen, who is the parent of all the offspring; second, the drones, or males; and third, the workers, which are really undeveloped 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 Harris, William Hetherington, 1835-. London, The Religious tract society
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