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posture which strikes the Bees motionless. 
This discovery of Huber has been brought 
forward on his authority, by naturalists, asa 
conclusive evidence of the existence of the 
auditory faculty in Bees. And so it would 
be, if Huber was not mistaken in his supposed 
discovery. A voice of sovereignity produ- 
cing such powerful and instantaneous effects 
on her subjects, is so remarkable a property 
of her Bee- majesty, that it would be desirable 
to have its existence proved beyond a doubt 
by succeeding experiments. With much con- 
fidence in the accuracy of this distinguished 
naturalist’s observations, I entertain some 
hesitation on the subject of this magical 
sound. By my observatory jhive, I have 
seen the queen in all the circumstances, and 
in all the positions observable within a hive, 
and have seen her combating with a rival 
queen, and have observed her very frequent- 
ly in the particular situation described by 
Huber, when he first heard the commanding 
voice, endeavoring to tear open the cell of a 
rival, and angrily repulsed by the workers, 
