Elementary entomology ([c1912]) Elementary entomology elementaryentomo00sand Year: [c1912] FIG. 432. Bumble-bees a, worker; b, queen, or fertile female, and Kellogg) (After Jordan fall the young queens crawl away to a suitable hibernating place, and in the spring start new^ colonies, in the manner previously described. Honey-bees. Probably no other insect is of quite as much human interest as the honey-bee. Apiculture is a well-developed art, its literature is extensive, and its devotees have well-organized associ- ations. The honey-bee was brought from Europe by the early settlers of this co
Elementary entomology ([c1912]) Elementary entomology elementaryentomo00sand Year: [c1912] FIG. 432. Bumble-bees a, worker; b, queen, or fertile female, and Kellogg) (After Jordan fall the young queens crawl away to a suitable hibernating place, and in the spring start new^ colonies, in the manner previously described. Honey-bees. Probably no other insect is of quite as much human interest as the honey-bee. Apiculture is a well-developed art, its literature is extensive, and its devotees have well-organized associ- ations. The honey-bee was brought from Europe by the early settlers of this country, and swarms have escaped, which have become the wild bees now found in hollow trees. There are three forms in every hive, - the queen, the drones, or males, and the workers, which are imperfectly devel- oped females. The workers are the common forms with which we are familiar, and which do all the work of the colony. The drones are larger than the workers, are reared in larger cells, and are blunter and broader in shape. They are relatively few in number, and occur only in the early summer, during the swarming season, after which they are expelled from the nest or killed by the workers. FIG. 433. The honey-bee (Apis mellifica) A, queen; B, drone; C, worker. (After Kellogg)
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