The Young Queens 
accepted by her people; but she will not 
truly reign over them, or be treated as was 
her mother before her, until the nuptial 
flight be accomplished; for until she be 
impregnated the bees will hold her but 
lightly, and render most passing homage. 
Her history, however, will rarely be as un- 
eventful as this, for the bees will not often 
renounce their desire for a second swarm. 
In that case, as before, quick with the 
same desires, the queen will approach the 
royal cells; but instead of meeting with 
docile servants who second her efforts, 
she will find her path blocked by a 
numerous and hostile guard. In her fury, 
and urged on by her fixed idea, she will 
endeavour to force her way through, or to 
outflank them; but everywhere sentinels 
are posted to protect the sleeping prin- 
cesses. She persists, she returns to the 
charge, to be repulsed with ever increasing 
severity, to be somewhat roughly handled 
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