. The humble-bee [microform] : its life-history and how to domesticate it with descriptions of all the British species of Bombus and Psithyrus. Bees; Apiculture; Abeilles; Abeilles; Bee culture; Bees. ! I if HI â I ? ' I I! i ^ 38 THE HUMBLH-BEE of their honey, but some of the unclert;rounil species, namel)', //. /ii/>i</(ir/i/s, tcrrcstris, and liuorum, c(jn- struct numerous waxen honey-pots as well. At first only three or four of these honey-pots are made, and they are a good deal narrower and less capacious than the queen's honey-frat, but as the colony grows. K](i. ii.âConil, of
. The humble-bee [microform] : its life-history and how to domesticate it with descriptions of all the British species of Bombus and Psithyrus. Bees; Apiculture; Abeilles; Abeilles; Bee culture; Bees. ! I if HI â I ? ' I I! i ^ 38 THE HUMBLH-BEE of their honey, but some of the unclert;rounil species, namel)', //. /ii/>i</(ir/i/s, tcrrcstris, and liuorum, c(jn- struct numerous waxen honey-pots as well. At first only three or four of these honey-pots are made, and they are a good deal narrower and less capacious than the queen's honey-frat, but as the colony grows. K](i. ii.âConil, of /,â¢. lapiJariuK, showini; two lioruy-pc,!,. hririiful of hoiav. they are heightened, and their number is increased, and may amount in a large nest to twenty or even thirty : they are constructed at the side of the comb, and are usually joined together, forming a single or double row. In two colonies of lapidarins anil one of tcrrcstris, in which I was able to find the remains of the queen's honey-pot, I noticed that the first new honey-pots had been built on top of it. The honey in the honey-pots is always thin, showing. 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 Sladen, F. W. L. (Frederick William Lambert), 1876?-1921. London ; Toronto : MacMillan
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