Development of honey bee worker. Numbers indicate day of development after egg laying. Worker larvae grow from 0.1 mg (after eclosion) to 159 mg (before capping) during 5.5 days The rate of growth of worker, drone and queen larvae of the honeybee, Apis Mellifera Linn.,
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See also Rate of growth and development time of africanized honey bee (Apis mellifera) queens and workers during ontogenetic development,
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