OF QUEENS 
9 
This was a Combat of an ole and 
young Queen, or cf a fertile and 
udmpreg :atfd. 
No C ueen can enter a hive at 
its mouth, 131’, as the bees or guard, 
examine and touch with I heir an¬ 
tennae every individual that enters 
their hive, they immediately sur¬ 
round a stranger queer, and keep 
her prisoner, till she dies witaLu: - 
ger or want cf air. Eut if they 
have bat their o wn queen, 2 nd 24 
Lours have slapsedeir.ee th t time, 
th: y joyfully receive the str r.ger; 
and if they have begun Royal Cells, 
they jmmeiiatjly disccnkue them. 
The common Bees sometimes 
enter the cells and remain 15or 2.0 
