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Seeing a restoration to the workers in their 
present temper was impossible, I took her away. 
She was cold and lethargic and refused food. But 
at 11.15 A.M. she seemed to have recovered some- 
what and, after taking some honey which I offered 
her, she became, to all appearance, quite well and 
lively. 
At 11.30 I decided to put her back again into 
the nest. The commotion among the workers had 
subsided to a great extent, and they were beginning 
to quarrel between themselves, occasionally butting 
one another; but as soon as the queen was intro- 
duced the uproar began again and they rushed 
towards her and attacked her fiercely. One seized 
her wing, another took hold of her leg and tried to 
drag her by it, while several others climbed on to 
her back and tried to sting her. She made no 
attempt at resistance, but endeavoured to creep 
away. Seizing a favourable opportunity, I pushed 
the glass lid to one side and let her crawl out. 
Although she had been only about two minutes in 
the nest, she had in that time fallen into the same 
state of depression, lethargy, and coldness as when 
I rescued her before. Seeing that it was of no use 
to try and reinstate her, I killed her. During the 
afternoon the workers constructed an egg cell in 
a new place and laid a number of eggs in it. 
Throughout the afternoon and evening this cell 
was the centre of a great deal of quarrelling ; first 
one worker then another held it, single-handed, 
against all comers. One began to bite it open, 
