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  Life 
  in 
  the 
  Honey 
  Bee. 
  153 
  

  

  As 
  a 
  contrast 
  to 
  the 
  fatality 
  amongst 
  queen 
  bees 
  just 
  noticed, 
  

   we 
  have 
  made 
  the 
  following 
  extract 
  from 
  the 
  Note 
  Book 
  mentioned 
  

   in 
  this 
  essay 
  at 
  page 
  146, 
  and 
  as 
  an 
  instance 
  of 
  the 
  extraordinary 
  

   number 
  of 
  queens 
  produced 
  from 
  three 
  of 
  the 
  stocks 
  in 
  an 
  apiary 
  

   of 
  six, 
  during 
  that 
  year 
  (1847); 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  remarkable 
  that 
  in 
  the 
  

   same 
  apiary, 
  comprised 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  number 
  of 
  stocks, 
  not 
  one 
  

   queen 
  bee 
  was 
  killed 
  in 
  the 
  year 
  1852, 
  not 
  a 
  single 
  swarm 
  having 
  

   issued 
  from 
  any 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  stocks 
  in 
  the 
  apiary. 
  

  

  That 
  the 
  season 
  must 
  have 
  considerable 
  influence 
  in 
  the 
  pro- 
  

   duction 
  of 
  queens 
  must 
  be 
  self-evident, 
  otherwise 
  why 
  should, 
  

   stocks 
  of 
  bees 
  in 
  1847 
  produce 
  an 
  over 
  abundance 
  of 
  queens, 
  and 
  

   in 
  1852, 
  under 
  precisely 
  the 
  same 
  management, 
  produce 
  none? 
  

   Had 
  only 
  one 
  stock 
  omitted 
  to 
  throw 
  off 
  a 
  swarm, 
  it 
  would 
  be 
  as- 
  

   suming 
  too 
  much 
  to 
  attribute 
  the 
  omission 
  to 
  the 
  season, 
  but 
  when 
  

   the 
  influence 
  extends 
  to 
  all 
  the 
  stocks 
  in 
  an 
  apiary, 
  and 
  to 
  great 
  

   numbers 
  of 
  stocks 
  in 
  the 
  immediate 
  neighbourhood, 
  the 
  cause 
  may 
  

   then 
  fairly 
  be 
  attributed 
  to 
  the 
  peculiar 
  season. 
  Two 
  of 
  the 
  stocks 
  

   now 
  living 
  (1852) 
  are 
  the 
  indentical 
  stocks 
  mentioned 
  in 
  the 
  Note 
  

   Book 
  of 
  1 
  847, 
  numbers 
  2 
  and 
  4, 
  one 
  of 
  them 
  having 
  been 
  hived 
  

   in 
  1845, 
  and 
  the 
  other 
  in 
  1846. 
  

  

  " 
  Year 
  1847— 
  .S'/oc^ 
  No. 
  2. 
  

  

  "June 
  12. 
  Swarmed; 
  deprived 
  the 
  swarm 
  of 
  the 
  queen, 
  and 
  

   returned 
  them. 
  

   „ 
  20. 
  Cast; 
  caught 
  two 
  queens 
  ; 
  returned. 
  

   „ 
  25. 
  Came 
  out 
  again, 
  and 
  joined 
  bees 
  from 
  Nos. 
  3 
  and 
  4. 
  

   „ 
  26. 
  They 
  set 
  to 
  work 
  well. 
  

  

  " 
  Stock 
  No. 
  3. 
  

  

  " 
  June 
  5. 
  Saw 
  appearance 
  of 
  swarming 
  after 
  they 
  had 
  worked 
  

  

  comb 
  in 
  a 
  glass 
  on 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  hive 
  ; 
  a 
  queen's 
  

  

  cell 
  visible. 
  

   „ 
  6. 
  Inverted 
  the 
  hive, 
  hoping 
  to 
  destroy 
  young 
  queen 
  

  

  thereby. 
  

   „ 
  12. 
  Swarmed 
  ; 
  deprived 
  them 
  of 
  the 
  queen, 
  and 
  returned 
  

  

  the 
  swarm. 
  

   „ 
  20. 
  Cast, 
  and 
  I 
  caught 
  queen 
  on 
  the 
  alighting 
  board 
  be- 
  

   fore 
  she 
  took 
  wing. 
  

   „ 
  23. 
  Cast 
  again, 
  and 
  I 
  caught 
  queen 
  again 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  

  

  manner. 
  

   „ 
  25. 
  Came 
  out 
  again, 
  and 
  joined 
  bees 
  from 
  Nos. 
  2 
  and 
  4 
  

  

  This 
  stock 
  died 
  in 
  March, 
  1848. 
  

  

  