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on this date this colony had emerging queens. A Hght colored queen 

 that had just emerged was introduced into case No. i and a dark 

 colored one was put into case No. 2 ; both queens were received 

 peacefully and the workers fed them. 



On July I at I o'clock, the above queens were transferred from 

 cases Nos. i and 2 to cases Nos. 3 and 4 which contained workers 

 from hive No. 70. When the liglit colored queen was introduced, a 

 Avorker grabbed one of her feet, but soon let it loose ; then she 

 was fed and accepted peacefully. When the dark colored queen was 

 introduced, the workers seized her legs and wings and held her for 

 half an hour, after which they accepted her more or less peacefully. 



On July 2 at I o'clock, 20 workers from a frame of hive No. 69 

 (the hive from which the queens were taken) were put into each of 

 cases Nos. i and 2. A few moments later the light colored queen was 

 introduced into case No. i. At once the workers seized her legs 

 and held her for three minutes, then they let her loose, cleaned 

 and " caressed " her. The dark colored queen was put into case No. 2. 

 The workers ran after her and one of them seized her leg, but did not 

 hold it long, then they " caressed " her. 



On July 3 at I o'clock, 20 workers from a frame of hive No. 28 

 were put into cases Nos. 3 and 4 as usual. The light colored queen 

 was transferred from case No. i to case No. 3, and immediately upon 

 being seized by a worker she killed the attacking bee, after which 

 all the workers balled her, that is, clustered closely around her for 

 five minutes; later they "caressed" her. The dark colored queen 

 was transferred from case No. 2 to case No. 4, and the workers balled 

 her for 25 minutes. 



On July 5 at 9 o'clock, 20 workers from a frame of hive No. 50 

 were put into each of cases Nos. i and 2, and then the queens were 

 transferred from cases Nos. 3 and 4 to these cases. Immediately 

 after being introduced into the cases, the workers balled and tried 

 to sting each queen, and consequently the dark colored queen was 

 stung in the thorax, but she was not apparently injured. By 1 1 o'clock 

 the queens had not yet been accepted ; at this hour, 20 workers from a 

 frame of hive No. 68 were put into each of cases Nos. 5 and 6, and 

 the queens were then transferred from cases Nos. i and 2 to these 

 cases ; at once the queens were balled, and the light colored queen 

 was crippled in one hind leg. On July 7 at 8 o'clock, the light colored 

 queen was found dead in case No. 5. 



On July 7 at I o'clock, another set of 20 workers from hive No. 68 

 was put into case No. 4, and on this date the bees in case No. 6 



