. The bee and white ants, their manners and habits; with illustrations of animal instinct and intelligence. Bees; Instinct; Termites. g. 58.—VILLAGE HIVES. THE BEE. ITS CHARACTEE AND MANNERS. CHAPTEE IV. 105. The larvae.—106. Transformation of worker nymph.—107. Worker cells.—108. Treatment of a young worker.—109. Of the drone.—110. Drone nymph.—111. Koyal cell and nymph.—112. Its treatment.— 113. Honey cells.—114. Pasturage—progress of work.—115. Con- struction of comb.—116. Bemarkable organisation.—117. Magnitude and weight of bees.—118. Character of queen.—119. Koyal jealousy. —120. Princip


. The bee and white ants, their manners and habits; with illustrations of animal instinct and intelligence. Bees; Instinct; Termites. g. 58.—VILLAGE HIVES. THE BEE. ITS CHARACTEE AND MANNERS. CHAPTEE IV. 105. The larvae.—106. Transformation of worker nymph.—107. Worker cells.—108. Treatment of a young worker.—109. Of the drone.—110. Drone nymph.—111. Koyal cell and nymph.—112. Its treatment.— 113. Honey cells.—114. Pasturage—progress of work.—115. Con- struction of comb.—116. Bemarkable organisation.—117. Magnitude and weight of bees.—118. Character of queen.—119. Koyal jealousy. —120. Principle of primogeniture.—121. Assassination of rivals.— 122. Battle of virgin queens.—123. Reason of mutual hostility.— 124. Result of the battles.—125. Battle of married queens.—126. Battle of a virgin with a fertile queen.—127. Sentinels at the gates. Treatment of an intruding queen.—128. Remarkable proceeding of bees that have lost their queen—effect of her restoration.—129. Effect of the introduction of a new queen.—130. Policy of the hive.— 131. Operations at the beginning of a season. 105. The larva which issues from the egg is a white grub, des- titute of legs, having its body divided transversely by a series of parallel circular grooves into annular segments. When it has Labdneb's Museum of Science. b 49 No. 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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