THE HIVE AND HONEY – BEE

PRACTICAL TREATISE
ON THE
HIVE AND HONEY-BEE
BY
L. L. LANGSTROTH;
FOURTH EDITION
1884

COMB
Page 74
The size of the cells in which workers are reared never varies; the saying may substantially be said of the drone - cells, which are much larger; those in which honey is stored very greatly in-depth, while in diameter they are of all sizes, from that of worker to that of drone cells.  As 5 worker, or 4 drone cells, will measure about one linear inch, a square inch of comb will contain on each side, 25 worker, were 16 drone cells.

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