. The bee and white ants, their manners and habits; with illustrations of animal instinct and intelligence. Bees; Instinct; Termites. THE BEE. surrounded by a certain train of her subjects, appointed apparently to attend ber, and form the ladies-in-waiting on the occasion. They range themselves in a circle around her (fig. 39). From time to time. Fig. 39,—Tkc quecu deposiLlug liev eggs lu the culLs, hurruuuded by her suite. the individuals of her suite approach her and present her with honey. They enter the cells where the eggs have been deposited, and carefully clean them, and prepare them fo
. The bee and white ants, their manners and habits; with illustrations of animal instinct and intelligence. Bees; Instinct; Termites. THE BEE. surrounded by a certain train of her subjects, appointed apparently to attend ber, and form the ladies-in-waiting on the occasion. They range themselves in a circle around her (fig. 39). From time to time. Fig. 39,—Tkc quecu deposiLlug liev eggs lu the culLs, hurruuuded by her suite. the individuals of her suite approach her and present her with honey. They enter the cells where the eggs have been deposited, and carefully clean them, and prepare them for the reception of the pap which is to feed the young when it issues from the egg. 104. In some exceptional cases, where her majesty is rendered over prolific by any accidental cause, the eggs will drop from her fester than she can pass from cell to cell, and in such cases two or more eggs wUl be deposited in the same cell. Since the cells are constructed only of sufficient magnitude for the due accom- modation of a single bee, the royal attendants in such cases always take away the supernumerary eggs, which they devour, leaving no more than one in each ceU (fig. 40). The eggs are oval and oblong, about the twelfth of an inch in length, of a bluish white colour, and a little bent. They are hatched by the natural warmth of the hive (from 76° to 96° Fahr.), in from three to six days, the interval depending on the tem- perature of the weather. a. 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 Lardner, Dionysius, 1793-1859. London, Lockwood & co
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