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unfortunate queen rather than return to 

 the home of their birth whose sweet 

 odour of plenty, the fragrance, indeed, of 

 their own past assiduous labour, reaches 

 them even in their distress. 





That is a thing;, some will say, that 

 men would not do, — a proof that the 

 bee, notwithstanding the mar\-els of its 

 organisation, still is lacking in intellect 

 and veritable consciousness. Is this so 

 certain? Other being's, surely, may pos- 

 sess an intellect that din'ers from ours, 

 and produces different results, without 

 therefore being inferior. And besides, are 

 we, even in this little human parish of 

 ours, such infallible judges of matters 

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