First Principles in Progressive Bee Culture: A Book of Instructions for Handling Bees When Dividing, Transferring, Uniting. Feeding. Wintering. ... and Moths, Stopping for Bing. Etc., Etc - Softcover

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Excerpt from First Principles in Progressive Bee Culture: A Book of Instructions for Handling Bees When Dividing, Transferring, Uniting. Feeding. Wintering. Introducing Queens. Hiving Swarms, Destroying Fertile Workers and Moths, Stopping for Bing. Etc., Etc

In each colony, or family, there are three distinct kinds which differ in structure, habits, and function: The queen, which is the fully developed female, and the mother of the entire colony; a number of drones, or male bees, and thousands of neuters, or workers, which gather the honey, build the comb, and feed the larvae; in fact, do all the work except laying the eggs, which is the sole duty of the queen.

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