. Annual report of the Commissioner of Agriculture ... Agriculture -- New York (State). Cooperative Work with Columbia TIniversity 421 at the end of the breeding season they are driven out and destroyed by the workers. They are consumers — not producers — and are never tolerated during a drought or a famine. WORK AND habits OF THE QUEEN At the approach of spring — in this climate about the middle of March — the queen begins her work of laying eggs; the workers look for the first opening buds on the willows and the maples and bring in the pollen with which to prepare food to nourish the little
. Annual report of the Commissioner of Agriculture ... Agriculture -- New York (State). Cooperative Work with Columbia TIniversity 421 at the end of the breeding season they are driven out and destroyed by the workers. They are consumers — not producers — and are never tolerated during a drought or a famine. WORK AND habits OF THE QUEEN At the approach of spring — in this climate about the middle of March — the queen begins her work of laying eggs; the workers look for the first opening buds on the willows and the maples and bring in the pollen with which to prepare food to nourish the little larvae as soon as hatched. Day by day as warm weather ap- proaches, their activity increases, each day beholding the birth of thousands of little workers ready to buckle on the armor and assume the duties of the old bees, which are now rapidly dying Fig. 564.— Queeiv Workek Drone In a few weeks we have an entirely new population in the hive, the queen being the only one remaining from the previous year. At the opening of fruit bloom and clover, the hive has become so densely crowded that it is quite impractical for the family circle longer to remain in one house, hence what is called the " swarm- ing impulse " pervades the colony. Preparations for this great event are accordingly made, which consists in rearing young queen bees to succeed the old mother, who will leave the hive with the first swarm. The eggs for the young queens are laid in specially prepared cells, called " queen ; When hatched, the larva is fed upon special food called " royal jelly," and it becomes a fully-developed female bee. SWARMING During the process of maturing the young queen and before it emerges from its cell, a large pert of the bees, inspired by the. 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 resemb
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