THE SWARM 



alw-uys emerges in an appreciably bruised 

 and enfeebled condition. 



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There is one simple experiment which 

 proves the readiness with which the bees 

 will recognise their queen, and the depth 

 of the attachment they bear her. Re- 

 move her from the hive, and there will 

 soon be manifest all the phenomena of 

 anguish and distress that I ha\e described 

 in a preceding chapter. Replace her, a 

 few hours later, and all her daughters will 

 hasten towards her offering honey. One 

 section vAW form a lane, for her to pass 

 through; others, wnth head bent low and 

 abdomen high in the air. will describe 

 before ho" great semicircles throbbing 

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