The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 67National Geographic Society, 1935 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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Page 405
... QUEEN During the active season , a normal col- ony contains one queen , a fully developed female ; thousands of unreproductive worker bees , which are females only partly devel- oped ; and several hundred drones , or male bees ( Plate ...
... QUEEN During the active season , a normal col- ony contains one queen , a fully developed female ; thousands of unreproductive worker bees , which are females only partly devel- oped ; and several hundred drones , or male bees ( Plate ...
Page 415
... queen issues from the oldest of the queen cells . Apparently aware that she is born to the royal purple , she at once seeks to clear the hive of any possible rivals . She makes a thorough search for queen cells and mutilates each by ...
... queen issues from the oldest of the queen cells . Apparently aware that she is born to the royal purple , she at once seeks to clear the hive of any possible rivals . She makes a thorough search for queen cells and mutilates each by ...
Page 416
... queen cannot fly she will die a virgin . The strongest drone is her mate , for the queen is a good flyer , and the weak are thus elim- inated in this wise provision to maintain the strength and vigor of the race . Before the queen has ...
... queen cannot fly she will die a virgin . The strongest drone is her mate , for the queen is a good flyer , and the weak are thus elim- inated in this wise provision to maintain the strength and vigor of the race . Before the queen has ...
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Scenes of Sunny Africa 20 ills in duotone___ 735 | 217 |
Ethiopia | 237 |
Society Announces New Flight into the Stratosphere By GILBERT GROSVENOR_ | 265 |
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