THE SWAP M 



maTures, in great open vats, by whos^ 

 side watchful coh'.ns maintain an inces- 

 sant current of air. In the centre, and 

 far from the light v/hose diamond rays 

 steal in through the only opening, in 

 the warmest pan of the hive, there 

 stands the ahjde of the future: here 

 does it sleep, and v,-ake. For this is 

 the royal domain of the brjod-cells, set 

 apart for the queen and her acolucs ; 

 about 10,CO0 cells v/herein the eggs 

 repose, 1),0X) or 16,00 chambers ten- 

 anted by larvs, A'JfX.K) dv/ellings in- 

 habited by v.-hite n}miphs to whom 

 thousands of nurses m.inister." And fm- 

 ally, in the holy of holies of these 



They are those cf a -7.-i:..-rZii •rA-.t i- ruh prcsreny.-. 



