XVII. 
THE FAMILY EXODUS. 
NE cannot go on adding several thou- 
sand members a week to one’s family 
without sooner or later being obliged to 
enlarge the house—or move out. The 
Apis people move out. 
As soon as a young queen comes out of 
her cell, the old queen packs up, so to 
speak, and prepares to depart. 
She does not carry as much luggage as 
the Queen of England carries when she 
goes from Buckingham Palace to the Isle 
%. of Wight. 
ry 
quae, 
seoneeeey 
a She merely gathers up her 
thousands of eyes, her 
\Q eare 4, Shortish, but still valu- 
a ; -<~ able tongue, her bas- 
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