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FORMATION of swarms. 
bit, and chased her away,; they seem¬ 
ed to be greatly irritated against her. 
The queen confined in the second 
cell had not yet left it, and was heard 
to hum several times. She thrust her 
trunk through a small cleft or open¬ 
ing which she had made in order to 
escape, by which means the bees fed 
her; when satisfied she again retract¬ 
ed her trunk, and the workers closed 
up the opening with wax. 
At mid-day, the liberated queen 
became extremely agitated. The royal 
cells were very numerous, and she 
could go no where without meeting 
them, and on approaching, she was 
very roughly treated* At last, these 
