THE SWAPM 



contains : the admirable political sense, the 

 passion for v/ork, the perseverance, mag- 

 nanimity, and devotion to the future. 

 It has allov;ed him, in the course of 

 the last fev; years, to a certain extent 

 to domesticate these intractable insects, 

 though without their knowledge : for they 

 yield to no foreign strength, and in their 

 unconscious servitude obey only the lav;s 

 of their own adoption. Man may believe, 

 if he choose, that, possessing the queen, 

 he holds in his hand the destiny and soul 

 of the hive. In accordance v,dth the 

 manner in which he deals v.dth her — as 

 it were, plays with her — he can increase 

 and hasten the svrarm or restrict and re- 

 tard it; he can unite or divide colonies, 

 and direct the emigration of kingdoms. 



