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cumstances ; and in the course of the same after- 

 noon, four more were founded, in a part of the 

 comb where there were only eggs a day or two 

 old. On the fourteenth day from the old queen's 

 removal, a young queen emerged and proceeded 

 towards the other royal cells, evidently with a 

 murderous intent. She was immediately pulled 

 away by the workers, with violence, and this con- 

 duct on their part was repeated as often as the 

 queen renewed her destructive purpose. At every 

 repulse she appeared sulky, and cried peep peep, 

 one of the unhatched queens responding, but in a 

 somewhat hoarser tone. (This circumstance affords 

 an explanation of the two different sounds which 

 are heard, prior to the issuing of second swarms.) 

 On the afternoon of the same day, a second queen 

 was hatched ; she immediately buried herself in a 

 cluster of bees. Next morning Mr. D. observed 

 a hot pursuit of the younger queen by the elder, 

 but being called away, on his return half an hour 

 afterwards, the former was dying on the floor, no 

 doubt the victim of the other. Huber has stated 

 that these artificial queens are mute ; but the cir- 

 cumstance noticed by Mr. Dunbar of the two 

 queens, just referred to, having answered each 

 other, disproves that statement. Contrary also to 

 the experience of Huber, Mr. D. found that the 

 cells of artificial queens were surrounded by a 

 guard. I have just adverted to the protection 



