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by an act of coition with the 

 drone in the open air, who 

 loses his genital organ on 

 the occasion, and dies. 



6. 

 A swarm is not accom- 

 panied by any drones. 



Drones are frequently bred 

 in a hive during winter. 



dated by any act of coition 

 with the drone. 



A swarm has never less 

 than two or three hundred 

 drones. 



7. 



Drones are never bred, nor 

 known to exist in a hive 

 during the winter. 



The maximum of young 

 queens born in a hive in one 

 season is twenty-seven. 



The maximum of young 

 queens born in a hive in one 

 season is seven. 



The bees in search of food 

 travel half a mile. 



10. 

 The supernumerary queens 

 are killed by each other in 

 single combat. 



11. 

 Hives will throw seven or 

 eight swarms, and yet sur- 

 vive the winter. 



The bees in search of food 

 travel five or six miles. 



10. 

 The supernumerary queens 

 are destroyed by the common 

 bees. 



11. 

 Hives which throw off 

 three or more swarms, ge- 

 nerally perish in the win- 

 ter. No hive was ever yet 

 known to throw seven 

 swarms. The greater the 

 number of swarms, the less 

 the quantity of honey. 



