. Natural history. For the use of schools and families. Zoology. SIEMBEANE-WINGED INSECTS. 279 stones and other things. Their communities consist of from fifty to three hundred Bees. They contain three kinds of individuals — males, females, and neuters, of which the females alone live through the winter. There is a special provision for their preservation. They have a, chamber distinct from the rest of the nest, and this is lined with grass and moss, so that they may sleep there through ihe winter secure against the cold. V<f76. In the Hive Bees, we see the instincts in con- struction and s
. Natural history. For the use of schools and families. Zoology. SIEMBEANE-WINGED INSECTS. 279 stones and other things. Their communities consist of from fifty to three hundred Bees. They contain three kinds of individuals — males, females, and neuters, of which the females alone live through the winter. There is a special provision for their preservation. They have a, chamber distinct from the rest of the nest, and this is lined with grass and moss, so that they may sleep there through ihe winter secure against the cold. V<f76. In the Hive Bees, we see the instincts in con- struction and social organization exhibited in the most remarkable manner. A community of Hive Bees con- tains but a single perfect female, termed the Queen ; sev- eral hundred males, called Drones; and about twenty thousand neuters, or Workei-s. In Fig. 216 you see the three kinds of Bees, the upper one being the Queen, a drone on the right, and a worker on the left. At the. 216 Hive Bees. end of every summer, the Drones, which have no stings to defend themselves, are all stung to death by the Work- ers. The ceils where the eggs are deposited are in the central part of each comb, this being, of course, the warm- est part of it. The Drones being larger than the Work- ers, those cells in which the eggs are to produce Drones. 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 Hooker, Worthington, 1806-1867. New York, Harper & Brothers
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