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" The facts about bees, so far as they are known, are these. 

 There are three sorts of bees : (1 ) the Queen, which is a fully 

 developed female ; (2) the worker, which is a partially 

 developed female ; and (3) the drone, which is a male. Eggs 

 are laid by the Queen, and it is generally agreed that the 

 unfertilized eggs produce drones and the fertilized eggs 

 Queens or workers. When a hive becomes over-populated, 

 " swarming " takes place, and after the colony has settled 

 down in its new home, the Queen takes the " marriage flight," 

 followed by a number of males ; copulation takes place in 

 mid-air, and the Queen returns to the nest. At the end of 

 the summer the drones are ejected by the workers. Queens 

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