^ FECUNDATION CF 
The queers of both were, yonrg. 
The 'workers bad perfect liberty. 
The que.is of both remained hirrert. 
Which experiment proved that the 
queen coold r.c-t be fecundated in 
the interior of the hive. 
Exp. O' the 29 thof Jure, 178C, 
the author [laced Liirself before 
a rivv r.hcsa queen was 5 days old. 
The queen appeared at the en¬ 
trance and took flight. In halt an 
hour, s’ e re-entered the hive wit 
evident marks of fecundation: In 
two days she began to lay eggs 
in the workers cells. 
Exp. On 2d jdy, set at liberty 
an ur impregnated young queen, 11 
days oil: s e soon took flight ard 
returned 
