College Readings in English ProseFrank William Scott, Jacob Zeitlin |
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Page 64
... cell or group of cells ; always fresh workers are coming and fasten- ing their mite of wax to one or the other part of the comb . All seems unorganized , undirected , confused , and without guidance . There is no foreman builder ; there ...
... cell or group of cells ; always fresh workers are coming and fasten- ing their mite of wax to one or the other part of the comb . All seems unorganized , undirected , confused , and without guidance . There is no foreman builder ; there ...
Page 65
... cells back to back . The bottom of each cell is a three - sided pyramid , just the shape that is seen when the eighth part of a cube is re- moved ; on the six edges thus shown the six sides of the cell arise . The walls of the cells are ...
... cells back to back . The bottom of each cell is a three - sided pyramid , just the shape that is seen when the eighth part of a cube is re- moved ; on the six edges thus shown the six sides of the cell arise . The walls of the cells are ...
Page 66
... cell before turning into the cocoon spins a silken sac . When she emerges from the cell as a perfect insect , she leaves this sac behind her , and although the vacated cell is at once and carefully cleaned out , this silken sac is ...
... cell before turning into the cocoon spins a silken sac . When she emerges from the cell as a perfect insect , she leaves this sac behind her , and although the vacated cell is at once and carefully cleaned out , this silken sac is ...
Page 67
... cell with her antennæ , putting her head deep into the cell ; then turning around , she clasps the edge of the cell with her hind legs , and inserting her abdomen , depos- its a single egg in the centre floor of the cell . Then she ...
... cell with her antennæ , putting her head deep into the cell ; then turning around , she clasps the edge of the cell with her hind legs , and inserting her abdomen , depos- its a single egg in the centre floor of the cell . Then she ...
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... cell , for if all the large male - cells are removed , the queen will lay an unfertilized egg in a worker - cell , and conversely , should the stock of worker - cells be exhausted , she will lay worker - eggs in male - cells . The five ...
... cell , for if all the large male - cells are removed , the queen will lay an unfertilized egg in a worker - cell , and conversely , should the stock of worker - cells be exhausted , she will lay worker - eggs in male - cells . The five ...
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