THE QUEEN-BEE. 
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Mr Huish holds - de Braws opinion, 
.vkj that the queens eggs are fructi- ' 
died by the drones after they are pro¬ 
duced. But Mr Keys, another writer 
on this subject declares that he never 
saw a drone with his toil m 2 ceil % 
46 i most firmly believe him?” says 
our author, “but that is no proof that 
a drone never puts his tall into a 
cell.” Indeed, if drones, according to 
Huish, are in the habit of putting 
their tails into the cells; is it not a 
little strange that the Amateur never 
witnessed it?—-but the very size and 
• formation of the drone is, of itseif, 
we presume, a sufficient argument a* 
against this opinion. Again, larvae 
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