. Animal physiology. Physiology, Comparative. COLLECTION OF FOOD BY BEES. 545 able instinct on the part of the Queen; and this is further manifested in the fact, that she never deposits eggs in the comb which fills the glasses that are sometimes placed on the top of a hive, as in lig. 287, the temperature of these glasses being necessarily lower than that of the interior of the hive.—The " royal cells," as they are termed, in which the larvas of the young queens are reared, are different in form from the rest (fig. 288); sometimes they lie in the midst of them; but most commonly they
. Animal physiology. Physiology, Comparative. COLLECTION OF FOOD BY BEES. 545 able instinct on the part of the Queen; and this is further manifested in the fact, that she never deposits eggs in the comb which fills the glasses that are sometimes placed on the top of a hive, as in lig. 287, the temperature of these glasses being necessarily lower than that of the interior of the hive.—The " royal cells," as they are termed, in which the larvas of the young queens are reared, are different in form from the rest (fig. 288); sometimes they lie in the midst of them; but most commonly they j^iroject from the sides or edges of the comb. 715. The food which the Bees collect is of two kinds,— the honey of flowers for themselves, and the j^ollen for their larvae. The honey, which they suck-up by means of their proboscis-like tongues (fig. 289), seems to undergo some change. 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 Carpenter, William Benjamin, 1813-1885. London : H. G. Bohn
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