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FORMATION OF SWARMS. 
always in a tumulnous state when the 
queen herself is agitated. 
It was of importance to learn whe¬ 
ther the queen would communicate 
her agitation, but not at the time of 
swarming. Therefore, Two virgin 
queens were taken, the one was put 
into a glass hive sufficiently populous, 
and the other into another hive of 
the same kind. The hives were shut 
in such a way, that there was no pos¬ 
sibility of their escape. They were 
observed every moment that the fine¬ 
ness of the weather would invite both 
the queen and males to go abroad for 
the purpose fecundation. Nest morn¬ 
ing being gloomy, no male left the 
