The Life of the Bee 
workers do not dream of renouncing love, 
whereas our domestic bee lives in a state 
of perpetual chastity. And indeed we soon 
shall show how much more she has to 
abandon, in exchange for the comfort and 
security of the hive, for its architectural, 
economic, and political perfection, and we 
shall return to the evolution of the hymen- 
optera in the chapter devoted to the pro- 
gress of the race. 
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