THE BEE. 



of her antennie, lie enlarged the door so as to allow her free 

 passage through it. So soon as this was done, she went out, and 

 took flight, but not a single bee accompanied her. She was, 

 moreover, so heavy, being full of eggs, that she was not able long 

 to sustain herself on the wing, and fell to the ground. 



Various conjectures are made by Huber to explain this singular 

 departure from the prevailing habits of the insect, but none of 

 them appear so satisfactory as to require to be reproduced. 



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