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they contain, cast the lifeless remains out of 
the hive: There are cases, howeveryin which 
this destruction of males does not take place. 
“Tn hives that have lost their queen,” says 
Huber, “the males are spared, and, while a 
savage massacre rages in other hives, they 
here find anasylum. They are tolerated 
and fed, and many are seen even in the mid- 
dle of January. The cause of this may per- 
haps be looked for in the additional heat 
which they would generate in winter ; or, 
perhaps, they may be preserved for the pur- 
pose of pairing with a new queen. 
CHAPTER XII. 
IMPREGNATION OF THE QUEEN BER. 
In looking into a hive in spring or sum- 
mer, the queen will be seen laying eggs in 
the cells; in the smaller cells, those of work- 
ers, and in the larger, those of males or drones. 
