Note 164 — IV. THE CONTINUITY OF THE GERM-PLASM AS THE FOUNDATION OF A THEORY OF HEREDITY. (continued 2)
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This expression is used by bee-keepers, for instance by the well-known Baron Berlepsch. Of course, it would be more accurate to say that the queen, seeing the cell of a drone, is stimulated to lay an unfertilized egg, and that, on the other hand, she is stimulated to lay a fertilized egg when she sees the cell of a worker, or that of a queen.