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The Ilalnts uj the Uoneijbie 



deposit an egg' or to rest, she is surrounded b\^ a dozen 

 or so workers that try to feed her, and who rub her 

 with their antennee. In about two days after mating, 

 the young queen begins to lay eggs in the cells of the 

 comb, and this one duty, and no other, she performs 

 until her death, never again leaving the hive except at 

 the head of a swarm. 



THOSE PETS. 



The colony with the young queen is now in the same 

 condition as the one which left the hive, both having 

 laying c^ueens, coml)s, brood, and a sealed hive. Their 

 histories, under normal circumstances, are then prac- 

 tically the same. Both prepare for winter, and the 

 following spring both cast swarms again, and the 



