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FORMATION OF SWARMS. 
no sooner does she approach them, 
than the workers bite,* pull, and drive 
her away, so that she is forced to re¬ 
move 5 but the royal cells being nu¬ 
merous, searco can she find a place 
of rest. Incessantly harrassed with 
the desire of attacking the other 
'queens, and incessantly repelled by 
the workers, she becomes agitated, 
and hastily traverses the different 
groups of bees, to which she commu¬ 
nicates her agitation. At this mo¬ 
ment numbers of bees rash towards 
the door of the hive, and, with the 
young queen at their head, depart to 
seek another habitation. 
After the departure of this colony 
