8 DISCOVERIES. 



CHAP. II. 



DISCOVERIES. 



Unexpectedly i fiw a queen on a 



comb, near the window of a double box/; 

 the next dav I was favoured with a like 

 view ; (he remained each day about an 

 hour ; the bees very refpectfully making a 

 free paflage for her as fhe approached. 

 About a dozen of them tenderly licked and 

 brufhed her all over, while others attended 

 to feed her. 



During this interview I perceived feveral 

 eggs drop from her, which the workers too]c 

 no notice of. The box in which fhe then 

 appeared was a fupe r one; the under one 

 had only three bars, and four apertures. 

 The fuper-box feemed quite full of honey 

 and brood. The queen tarrying and npt 

 choofing to defcendj being obstructed by 

 the middle bar, probably was the occafion 

 of this reluctance ; as alfo that of the bees 

 from working in the empty nadir box. 



From, 



