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Bae was cat Off. But n-tet bcfh 
were cut _cff, their fnrti.rc t was 
quite impaired. They dropped th, j • 
eggu, ran quietly abed; the hive, 
rushed out and fell down on the 
ground: the bees did rot acccmpg- 
uy tiem. Two Queens amputated 
cf their antennae did ret fight to- 
g ether. 
The Antennae are the organs of 
tcu-h, or smell,,or of both. 
The interval! between the combs 
°f a Hive j s generally four lines 
which is equal to half an inch. 
. lhe di8 -‘acce to which "lees fly 
15 not a ^ve half a league. 
Ia a populous Hive, in Winter, 
t^e thermometer itar.ds at. g Q cr 
