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another season approaches. The drones live five or six 

 months, generally, when left to die a natural death ; and 

 on some occasions longer, but not often. The queen 

 lives the longest of any of the family, often surviving to 

 sally out at the head of several swarms. Her exact 

 natural age has never yet been demonstrated. 



ANGER OF BEES. 



The honey-bee will seldom use iier sting against any 

 one when not molested, and children, in particular, are 

 exempt. When a bee is aroused to anger, she gives 

 immediate notice of it, and no person was ever stung, 

 unless in the midst of hundreds, excited to vengeance, 

 without having timely warning given him. Every bee- 

 keeper is familiar with the shrill sound emitted, when 

 the bee approaches in a threatening attitude. It is quite 

 unlike the soft song of contentment, that is sung as the 

 bees return from the fields laden with honey. I have 

 never heard of any fatal consequences arising from the 

 stings of bees, except in animals. If a horse or a cow, 

 or any other animal upset a hive, it is generally certain 

 death. In case of being dangerously stung in many 

 places, tobacco,_as before stated, is worth more than all 

 other remedies in the world. The duration of the anger 

 of bees, is from three days to a week ; and any operation 

 disturbing them 'much, will not be entirely forgotten, 

 short of that time. Private injuries are seldom resented 

 by them; that is, when molested in the fields. 



LANGUAGE OF BEES. 



That bees have the means of imparting information 



