FORMATION OF SWARMS. 
hive, and the bees were tranquil5 but 
towards noon of the following day, the 
sun shining bright, both queens began 
to run about seeking an exit from 
every part of their dwelling, and from 
their inability to find one, traversed 
the combs with the most evident 
symptoms of disquiet and agitation. 
The bees soon participated of the 
same disorder; they crowded to that 
part of the hive where the openings 
were situated; unable to escape, they 
ascended with equal rapidity, and ran 
heedlessly over the cells until four in 
the afternoon. It is nearly about this 
hour, that the sun declining in the 
horison, recalls the males; queens 
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