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the worker and not so long as the queen. The drones 
Y® n“] y T ,a CS m , tlie ^ ve ' T , hey are hatched from 
April to July, and usually number from three to four 
hundred in a single colony. They are literally “gen- 
tlemen of leisure. They add nothing to the stores of 
the family .perform no labor, and do not even gather 
their own food, but live on the labor of others They 
verv limited "m' 1 f ° r , Propagation. Their days are 
very limited. '' hen the work of impregnating the 
queen is performed for the following season the! are 
oufthTf - by - tl } e ":°>' k fi's, who seen, intent on carVying 
« l ha i ie t hat w l? ] Dot work shall not 
eat. .this general slaughter of dronfes usually takes 
place during the month of August, sometimes a little 
No nenf d ° n ley 1 ! ve lon " cr ^an four months. 
JNone of them are allowed to survive the winter. 
CLAIMS. 
tohself Ul T U t T? ' S an enterpr , ip S w hieh has claims peculiar 
to itself. It is recommended to our attention bv eon- 
S'S’I Ca " f ppr ? priate ]y bc urged, relative 
and nro/taKil’ th | r e u tei ' p nse8. It is both interesting 
cfve to fi me b nf li and «onducted, is condu- 
cive to mental and moral improvement. There is so 
much which is truly wonderful in the instincts and 
ean 1 h° ,J $ e tlle honey-bee, that the most stupid 
wben‘^ d i y * al1 1° be » tt,acted hy their curious economy 
distinehffr tl ? atment or 111 ode of proceedure is brought 
distincly to view, as may be done at any time bv the use 
of an observatory hive. The inquisitiVe, the emdous 
the philosophical and the refined, are, as a matter of 
n?r lr f®’. most deeply interested in their operations — 
ont?fi ’ S t0 ° mu - C l V' u ? Philosophy, and too much sci- 
on tfic accuracy in their work, to allow it to nass 
“ larger a " d r U “ a f ,nir 4 Tbe faet «>at their work pays 
Van .?nv P A • age °t V vofit 011 the capital invested 
han any other is no slight commendation especially to 
Vombtl- WIsb to be paid for their pains', orwh o 
combine interest with profit. Those who engage in 
