The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1865-07-13
Bees, Socially and Politically.

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The dUecif Of The hive, born Tx,
tho qpcons, Of earth, no better thar
her nirahest sistcrbood, like them
Issues FROM The egg abelploss grub
but the chamber of her birth, a
compared with theirs is OF righ
royal Dimensions, vertical in posi-
ton, amlSof cylindric, instead, o
octagonal form. Ample room is
thus afforded for all her members,
ms shb progresses towards inaturi,
ty; Willie, 10 hasten aud improve
her growth, the food supplied hcl
by her atsishous nurses and iutrrt
subjects, is Of the most nutritious
aud Nlelicate description, not the
simple bee bread, composed ofcom
mon pollon, and considered good
onough'fcr common Doe infancy,
butt o. far curious preparation
nicely concocted from ilowcry
JUICES, and, rs reserved expressly
for royal nutriincnt, called by. bee.
farmers "royal iellyh Thus spa.
ciously lodged aud delicately fed,
the iasorpd grub, when arrives at
full growth, spins within i,er cell n
silken shroud; therein changes TO u
nymph ori,pppa; aud thence, in
due time, issues forth in all her
dignity ofmaiestic size, in all the
rcsplendency ofher golden.ringed
body snit; the more conspicuous
for the scantiness of her gauzc
drapory-those iilmy wings in
wllehghoneher outward gils in.
stead fof surprising, are interior to
those Of her subjects. Come we
nowrto the busy works, OF whom
thonmncrous sisterhoOd-tho mil.
lion fthe hive is made zap. From
these the bco character has been
always been painted Justly, rs
loyal and patriotic, laborious, pa.
tient, and skilltul, TO which might
be added, materially ahectionatc;
for, never mothers themselves, the |
latter propensity possesses them
so strongly MS to convert their
ofiico as nurses to the queens
progeny-to all in short of tho in
iant community into what would |
seem truly o labor of love. AL. |
though their instructive virtue QfI
wo may use the tcrn) are so i'm.
measuroahly expanded beyond the
narrow growth Of those apparent
in tlleir royhl mistress, ctIiprcs.
sion Is one of the agents employed
to efE'ct this mighty difference 10.
tween them; and the worker bee
is, IL would scom, made a rsehtl |
member Of the body polite, by a
process very similar to that Which
renders the foot of a Chinese lady
ateomqwhnt useless member of her
body natural. WI" N e
The baby bee, destined to be.
come bee laborcr, finds herself,
on emerging from tho egg, an in.
habitant of Of those common
six sided cells which AS it would
appear-is SO proportioned as in
sohle measure to limit her full dc.
vclopment. To this outward ro.
striction is superadded an Inward
check, in the quality Of food ad-
minisiored by her nurses. In lieu
of the royal Jelly, that stimulating
and Nutritious extracts prepared /.
only for tho queen, her infancy is
supported on the simple fare of
bee bread, which, while it suiIices
to bring to maturity every useful
endowment OF activity, affords no
food for the development of tho
sensual and vindictive passious;
md with all these smothcrod in
the cradle our worker comes forth, |
mature In all Apian cxccllence,--
modest in habits, a nun among
insects, ana a very ".sistcr Of
among her follows. /