MANAGEMENT OF HONEY BEES. 63 
along the two hinder legs, where the farina 
balls are fixed, and by this means detaching 
them from the hairy linings of the cavities, 
and depositing themin the cell. To the 
workers, also, are committed the various of- 
fices of guarding the entrance of the hive by 
night and day, during the honey season, of 
repulsing marauders, of keeping their abode 
free from all offensive matters, of renewing 
the air within by an ingenious mode of ven- 
tilation, of replacing a lost queen, and of de- 
stroying the, drones at the decline of the 
honey season. 
Receiving from nature these weighty 
charges, they labor assiduously to fulfil 
them ; and, while each member of the com- 
munity acts by the impulse of its individual 
instinct, it works less for private than for the 
general good. ‘These labors appear unceas- 
ing; yet do the weary laborers sometimes 
snatch an interval of repose. During the 
busy season I have seen hundreds of the 
workers retiring into the cells, and exhibit- 
ing all the marks of profound sleep. This 
