The Swarm 
themselves time to eat or to sleep. In 
numbers they are to the others as a thou- 
sand to one. It is remarkable that the 
species should have been able to survive 
to this day under conditions so unfavour- 
able to its development. It should be 
mentioned, however, that apart from this 
characteristic devotion to their wearisome 
toil, they appear inoffensive and docile; 
and satisfied with the leavings of those 
who evidently are the guardians, if not 
the saviours, of the race.” 
[18] 
Is it not strange that the hive, which 
we vaguely survey from the height of 
another world, should provide our first 
questioning glance with so sure and pro- 
found areply? Must we not admire the 
manner in which the thought or the god 
that the bees obey is at once revealed by 
their edifices, wrought, with such striking 
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