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... young , guard the entrances , elaborate the wax , collect and store the provision , and build the cells in which it is warehoused , as well as those that contain the brood . Thirdly , there are the DRONES or MALES , to the number of ...
... young , guard the entrances , elaborate the wax , collect and store the provision , and build the cells in which it is warehoused , as well as those that contain the brood . Thirdly , there are the DRONES or MALES , to the number of ...
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... young queens as may lead forth swarms in the season , or be raised to the sovereignty of the parent hive . As the drones are " never seen settling on any kind of flowers , nor laying up honey in the cells , they most probably feed at ...
... young queens as may lead forth swarms in the season , or be raised to the sovereignty of the parent hive . As the drones are " never seen settling on any kind of flowers , nor laying up honey in the cells , they most probably feed at ...
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... young as a hen over young chickens . And when the eggs of the latter are hatched , she also , after the manner of a hen , goes about with the brood , consisting of thirty years an eminent physician in Shrewsbury , but has now retired ...
... young as a hen over young chickens . And when the eggs of the latter are hatched , she also , after the manner of a hen , goes about with the brood , consisting of thirty years an eminent physician in Shrewsbury , but has now retired ...
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... young . It is insipid whilst they are very young , and be- comes sweeter and more acescent the nearer they approach maturity . * Schirach imagined that the semen of the male was the food of the larvæ : Bonnet entertained the same ...
... young . It is insipid whilst they are very young , and be- comes sweeter and more acescent the nearer they approach maturity . * Schirach imagined that the semen of the male was the food of the larvæ : Bonnet entertained the same ...
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... young insect has been licked clean and regaled with a little honey by its companions , the latter clean out the cell , preparatory to its being re - occupied by a new tenant or with honey . With respect to the cocoons spun by the dif ...
... young insect has been licked clean and regaled with a little honey by its companions , the latter clean out the cell , preparatory to its being re - occupied by a new tenant or with honey . With respect to the cocoons spun by the dif ...
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