The school and farmA treatise on the elements of agriculture . Fig. 40—Queen. Fig. 41—Worker. Fig. 42—Drone, the pupa stage. (See p. —) The bees seal up thecell with a thin cover of wax, and in about twelve orfourteen days the worker bee comes out of this cell,ready to join in the common work. Drones require afew days longer, the queen bee a few days less. Fromthe laying of the egg it takes 21 days for the ordinarybee to develop, 24 days for the drone, but only 16 daysfor the queen bee. The food for the queen bee larvais much richer; it is especially prepared by the beesand has the name of roy
The school and farmA treatise on the elements of agriculture . Fig. 40—Queen. Fig. 41—Worker. Fig. 42—Drone, the pupa stage. (See p. —) The bees seal up thecell with a thin cover of wax, and in about twelve orfourteen days the worker bee comes out of this cell,ready to join in the common work. Drones require afew days longer, the queen bee a few days less. Fromthe laying of the egg it takes 21 days for the ordinarybee to develop, 24 days for the drone, but only 16 daysfor the queen bee. The food for the queen bee larvais much richer; it is especially prepared by the beesand has the name of royal jelly. Instict guides the bees to prepare for the lack offlowers during winter. Honey is made only whileflowers are in full bloom. As long as there are anyflowers the work goes steadily on until the hive is well BEES. 215 stored with honey. From 50 to 100 pounds may thusbe produced by an average colony. This is more thanthe swarm will need, and a part, sometimes the greaterpart, of this quantity can therefore be removed by thebee keeper. If all th
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