THE WALKS ABROAD OF 



by virtue of the more substantial and efficacious food, 

 becomes a queen capable of affording eggs. Besides 

 being nourished with this superior food, the queens 

 also are reared in royal cells, of a larger size and 

 different form. 



" Sometimes it happens that, in spite of all the pre- 

 cautions that have been taken, two queens attain at 

 the same time their complete development in the 



FIELD-CRICKET. (Gnjllm campesi 



hive. Then there arises a fatal duel, and only one of 

 the two may remain in the domain. The bees, though 

 such industrious little creatures, are very jealous and 

 intolerant. But suppose we return to the garden for 

 a little ? " 



It was now about four o'clock in the afternoon, and 

 the crickets and grasshoppers concealed in the herbage 

 commenced their deafening noise. 



