"Follows the life-cycle of honey bees, as found outside the commercial hive, with attention to their duties in the hive and reproduction. Includes the processes involved in wax making, comb structure, pollen gathering, and production of honey. Development of the new queens is recounted from queen cell construction to killing of other queens by first emerging or strongest queen. A dramatic sequence shows how the bees" - Summary from Worldcat.

Part of the Secrets of life series.