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is in full operation, the combs are so crowded with Bees - 
that their structure can hardly be seen; but in the illus- 
tration the Bees are supposed to have gone away, with 
the exception of one individual. 
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BEE-HIVE. 
I need not in this place repeat the well-known facts re- 
specting the constitution of the Bees, nor describe the duties 
of the Queen, Drone, and Worker Bees. Suffice it to say, 
that the former is the mother as well as the queen of the 
