LIFE IN THE INSECT WORLD. 155 



EVENING FOURTEENTH. 



HIVE BEES. 







Jlunt M. The attachment of bees to their 

 queen is one of the most interesting traits in 

 their character. They wait upon her with the 

 greatest kindness and respect, supply her wants, 

 and follow her as a guard when she moves. If 

 she die, or if any accident deprive them of her, 

 those who first discover the loss communicate 

 the sorrowful intelligence to the rest, and in a 

 few minutes the whole hive is in confusion. 

 Work is at an end, and consternation and dis- 

 tress prevail throughout the family. 



If she has been taken out of the hive, they 

 immediately go in search of her ; and if she is 



