The Role of Farina in Bees

The eggs of bees, I quote from the admirable treatise of Bevan, are of a lengthened oval shape with a slight curvature. They adhere to the bases of the cells and remain unchanged in figure or situation for three or four days. The bottom of each cell presenting to view a small white worm. When it's growing so as to touch the opposite angle of the cell, it coils itself up - like a dog when going to sleep. It becomes gradually enlarged in its dimensions till the two extremities touch one another and form a ring. In this state it is called a larva or worm,. So nicely do the bees calculate the quantity of food which will be required that