THE HONEY-BEE. 
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containing eggs or worms, which suited their pur- 
pose ; and by the afternoon, there were visible the 
rudiments of four more royal cells, all in quarters of 
the comb where before were nothing but eggs and 
common larvte, of one or two days old. T wo of these 
royal cells advanced more rapidly than the rest, pro- 
bably from the lame being cf an age the fittest for 
the purpose ; four came on more slowly, and three 
made no progress after the third day. On the seventh 
day, the two first were sealed, two more were nearly 
so, but neither these last nor any of the rest advanced 
farther, as if the bees, satisfied that they had secured 
at least one queen, judged it unnecessary to carry 
forward the others to maturity. On the morning of 
the fourteenth day, from the removal of the old queen, 
a young one emerged from her cell, 6trong and active, 
and exactly resembling those produced in the natural 
way. While watching her motions, I saw her hasten 
to the other royal cell, and attempt to tear it open, 
doubtless with the intention of killing its inmate ; 
hut the workers pulled her violently hack, and con- 
tinued to do so as often as she renewed the assault. 
At every repulse she assumed a sulky attitude, and 
emitted the shrill monotonous peep, peep, peep, so 
well known to Bee-masters, while the unhatched 
queen emitted the same kind of sound, but in a 
hoarser tone, the consequence of her confined situa- 
tion ; and this, by the way, accounts for the two 
different sounds which are generally heard from a 
hive on the eve of throwing a second swarm. The 
shrill sound proceeds from the reigning queen, and 
