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BEE. 
‘‘ In the month of August we may suppose the 
(jiTeen, or queens, are impregnated by the males; 
and as the males do not provide for themselves, 
they become burdensome to the workers, and are 
therefore teased to death much sooner than they 
otherwise would die ; and when the bees set about 
this .business, of providing their winter store, 
every operation is over, except the collecting of 
honey and bee-bread. At this time it would seem 
as if the males were conscious of their danger, for 
they do not rest on the mouth of- the hive in either 
going out or coming in, but hurry either in or 
out : however they are commonly attacked by 
one, two, or three at a time: they seem to make 
no resistance, only getting away as fast as possible. 
The labourers do not sting tliem, only pinch them, 
and pull them about as if to wear them out; but 
I suspect it may be called as much a natural, as a 
violent death. 
“ The whole of the males are now destroyed, 
and indeed it would have been useless to have 
saved any to impregnate tlie queen in the spring. 
That there may be many more than may be 
wanted, I can easily believe, for this we see 
throughout nature; but she always times her oper- 
ations well, although there may be supernume- 
raries. 
“ When the young are wholly come forth, and 
either the cells entirely filled, or no more honey to 
be collected, then is the time, or season, for re- 
maining in their hives for the winter. 
‘‘ Although I have now completed a hive, and 
