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production of the eggs of males and the con- 
Struction of royal cells, and.about the twen- 
tieth day of her laying this species of eggs, 
the queen discovering the royal cells, depo- 
sits an egg in one of them, and at intervals 
of a day between each, in all the other cells 
of this descripton. "The Bees know to close 
them at the time when the larve are ready 
to be transformed into nymphs, and as they 
in part close all the royal cells at different 
periods, it is evident that the inclosed larve 
are not all ofan equal age. The laying of 
drone eggs having terminated, the queen, 
previously large and unwieldy, becomes 
slender in her figure and more able to fly, 
and begins to exhibit signs ofagitation. She 
traverses the hive impatiently, abondoning 
the slow and stately step which was her 
wont, and in the course of her impetuous 
progress aver combs, she communicates her 
agitation to the workers, who crowd around 
her and evidently share in her impatience. 
A loud confused noise is heard throughout 
the hive, and hardly any of the workers are 
