FORMATION OF SWARMS. 
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or clacking from her prison, which 
wavS still more audible in the even¬ 
ing, and consisted of several mono¬ 
tonous sounds in rapid succession. The 
same sound proceeded from the royal 
cell on the 8th. Several bees kept 
guard around each royal cell. 
The first cell opened on the 9th. 
The young queen was lively, slender, 
and of a brown colour. Now it be¬ 
came evident, why bees retain the 
female captives in their cells after 
the period of transformation has e- 
lapsed: it is, that they may be able 
to fly the instant they are hatched. 
When the queen approached the o- 
ther royal cells, the bees on guard. 
