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attempts were a failure; but a successful one was 
finally made, and the result is shown in the frontis- 
piece. During the long ordeal, which lasted two 
hours, the queen took wing and flew back to her 
domicile four times. Each time I caught her in my 
net, and on the last two occasions she was quite 
pleased to find herself confined therein, having 
quickly learnt that this was the prelude to coming 
back to her nest, and she showed great eagerness 
to find her brood when she was placed on the 
photographing table, knowing perfectly well that 
it was there. Her coat was a little dusty, and she 
allowed me to brush it clean with a camel’s hair 
brush as she sat on the brood, just before her 
picture was taken. 
This nest eventually developed into a very 
populous colony. 
No doubt by taking various precautions, which 
could be ascertained by experiment, in placing 
queens in empty nests, the proportion of successes 
could be much increased. 
COMPLETE DOMESTICATION 
A domestic animal is one that passes its whole 
existence under the control of man. By controlling 
the pairing of domestic animals many useful and 
ornamental breeds of them have been produced. 
The honey-bee is not completely domesticated, for 
mating takes place in the air at some distance from 
the hive, and cannot be controlled in the ordinary 
