It is a complete perplexity to me, and yet certainly insects can rudely somehow judge of distance.

There are special difficulties on account of the gradation in size between the worker-scells and the larger drone-cells.

I am trying to test the case practically by getting combs of different species, and of our own bee from different climates.

I have lately had some from the W.Indies of our common bee, but the cells SEEM certainly to be larger; but they have not yet been carefully measured.

I will keep your suggestion in mind whenever I return to experiments on living bees; but that will not be soon.
As you have been considering my little discussion in relation to Lord Brougham (74/1.