Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 91, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 July 1898 — Egg of the Queen Bee. [ARTICLE]

Egg of the Queen Bee.

The egg of the queen bee is about one-sixteenth of an inch long, and as large around as a fine cambric needle. These are deposited in the cells by the queen, sticking fast to the bottom of the cell so as to stand on end, being held by an adhesive substance. In from 00 to 72 hours these eggs hatch Into little worms or larvae. They remain in the larval state about six days, when the cell containing them is scaled over with raised capping by the worker bees, and the larva, after spinning it cocoon nnd undergoing a transformation similar to that from caterpillar to butterfly, emerges a perfect insect, ns a worker bee. in 21 days, or as a drone in 24 days, the time being accelerated a little by extreme heat, or retarded by cool weather.Rural World.