THE QUEEN. 
NE would expect to find a mother 
in so large and flourishing a family, 
and you will not be surprised to hear that 
there is one. 
Queen Apis Mellifica is the mother of 
the hive, and is by far the most important 
member of the community, as I suppose 
a queen always is —or should be, if she 
is a true queen. 
Queen Apis is a true queen, as she shows 
by working harder than any other bee in 
the hive. Of course her work is different 
from that of the workers, else why should 
she be a queen? She does not carry 
nectar and pollen, and make honey-comb, 
and care for the young bees, but she does 
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