A pilgrim came and told him that if the queen ate the heart of the sea-dragon, she would have a child.
She then smeared her mouth with blood to tell her stepson that the young queen killed and ate her baby.
The queen herself eats nothing during this period, sustaining herself on fat deposits and her shrinking flight muscles.
They say the queen and even the king eat 'em every day.
You did say, my queen, that the infant merchesti might kill and devour the kender, eating the stone as well.
The queen ate nothing, while the king stuffed himself almost to bursting.
Sometimes, the queen eats dinner in front of the television set, her remote control right there on the tray.
The queen of L. japonica eats only via larval hemolymph feeding.
Lack of chitin alone would have been a problem for Hivers since the captive queen ate substances rich with that compound.
Usually, worker ants will carry food back to the colony so that the other ants and the queen can eat.