(seq. 24)

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on the most impersonal subjects. May was greatly puzzled
to know just how he felt towards her. Mrs Merriam who had

When the young bee is first hatched it has hardly
room enough to turn in the cell but as it eats the
paste the space becomes larger so that the bee has
room in which to grow. In a row of cells the
worms are of different ages and of course of
sizes. Those in the lower cells are older than those
in the upper, because after the first cell is done
it is a long time before the last one is finished.
The worms that are in the upper cells are hatched
last. Of course the young in the lowest cell must
come out at the bottom of the hollow in the
post. If he should try to work upwards he
would disturb the rest. Therefore the egg is so
placed that the head of the worm will
always point downwards.
The mother-bee digs a hole
at the bottom of the long tube which leads from
the lowest cell to the open air. Sometimes she makes
another near the middle of the tube. The bees find
through this passage an easy way out. They
always work their way downward by piercing
the floor of their cells which they can do [such?]

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