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u tered together. On a clofe infp^ction, I 

 4 obferved the two queens ftruggling toge- 

 " ther with the utmoft fury. Being afraid 

 " of the ruin of both, I feparated them, and 

 <s kept them afunder, though they ran with 

 " great fury along the table in fearch of 

 " each other. I then took the one that 

 44 appeared the boldeft, and put her again 

 M into the hive, where fhe was kindly re- 

 " ceived. When a duel takes place between 

 " two queen-bees, the workers commonly 

 44 kill one of the queens themfelves." 



" In November, December, and January, 

 ' bees eat very little food, as any perfon 

 " may be convinced by weighing their 

 " hives in the beginning and end of thefe 

 <c months. But if he will weigh a hive in 

 ¥ the beginning of March, and like wife at 

 " the end, he will find a confiderable de- 

 " creafe ; for the bees, having now much 

 " exercife, eat more honey in that month 

 u than during the three cold ones, and 

 44 three times as much in May as in March, 

 " owing to the increafe of brood. 



" In a mild winter they eat more 



< 4 than in a cold one, which enables them to 



$ 3 " hatch 



