Details of exhibit
- Exhibition:
- 1905 Fiftieth Annual Exhibition of the Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain
- Exhibit title:
- Wax comb taken from a Bee-hive, showing the Worker Bees with their Queen
- Exhibitor:
- Oliver G. Pike
- Section:
- Scientific and Technical Photography and its Application to Processes of Reproduction
- Exhibit No.:
- 331
- Description:
- Two kinds of cells are seen in this photograph. Those in the bottom right-hand corner are Drone cells, and the smaller ones Worker cells. Eggs are laid in these cells by the Queen, and as she moves over the comb, she is always surrounded by a number of attendants who always face their royal mother. The different stages - from the egg to the perfect insect - take place in the cells, and seven days after the eggs are hatched, the grubs are sealed over with a mixture of wax and pollen. These cells containing the Chrysalides are seen with the white cappings. To the left of these cells are seen the Nurse Bees feeding the grubs, the end of their bodies only are seen protruding from the cells. Eggs are just visible in some of the central cells - small crescent-shaped white dots
- Exhibit type:
- Photograph
- Process:
- [Not Listed] ()
- Award:
- none
