﻿Duration 
  of 
  Life 
  in 
  the 
  Honey 
  Bee. 
  171 
  

  

  hive 
  (if 
  the 
  queen 
  be 
  taken 
  away, 
  any 
  hive 
  will 
  readily 
  receive 
  

   them) 
  ; 
  and 
  the 
  next 
  swarm 
  which 
  issued 
  from 
  any 
  other 
  hive 
  

   miglit 
  be 
  joined 
  to 
  the 
  first 
  hive 
  which 
  had 
  thus 
  lost 
  its 
  swarm, 
  

   and 
  so 
  on, 
  keeping 
  up 
  a 
  continuous 
  change 
  of 
  the 
  quarters 
  of 
  the 
  

   bees 
  when 
  they 
  swarm. 
  

  

  We 
  have 
  always 
  observed, 
  that, 
  after 
  returning 
  a 
  swarm 
  to 
  

   the 
  stock 
  to 
  which 
  it 
  originally 
  belonged, 
  such 
  stock 
  does 
  not 
  

   generally 
  set 
  to 
  work 
  steadily 
  until 
  after 
  the 
  lapse 
  of 
  four 
  or 
  five 
  

   days 
  ; 
  and 
  we 
  argue 
  the 
  reason 
  to 
  be 
  this, 
  — 
  when 
  the 
  bees 
  are 
  

   returned, 
  they 
  find 
  their 
  own 
  hive 
  in 
  precisely 
  the 
  same 
  state 
  as 
  

   when 
  they 
  left 
  it, 
  and 
  there 
  is 
  therefore 
  no 
  inducement 
  to 
  work, 
  

   in 
  fact 
  the 
  bees 
  are 
  disappointed 
  ; 
  but 
  if 
  these 
  bees 
  are 
  joined 
  to 
  

   a 
  hive 
  where 
  a 
  different 
  state 
  of 
  things 
  exists, 
  then 
  that 
  they 
  are 
  

   instigated 
  to 
  pursue 
  their 
  natural 
  labours 
  and 
  gather 
  honey. 
  This 
  

   is 
  merely 
  the 
  idea 
  of 
  the 
  writer 
  ; 
  but 
  the 
  accidental 
  experiment 
  

   having 
  succeeded 
  so 
  well, 
  he 
  has 
  ventured 
  to 
  mention 
  it, 
  at 
  the 
  

   same 
  time 
  explaining 
  that 
  he 
  has 
  not 
  yet 
  had 
  the 
  opportunity 
  of 
  

   testins 
  its 
  invariable 
  success. 
  

  

  