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fighting, or with the treatment they 
received from the bees when they 
came near the royal cells. Their a- 
gitation quickly communicated to the 
rest of the bees, and at mid day, 
they departed impetuously, along with 
the two females. This swarm, which 
unfortunately flew away and could 
never be found, was the fifth that 
had left the hive between the 30th 
of May and 15th of June. The hive 
was now thinly inhabited; the cells 
were therefore slenderly guarded: the 
queens escaped from them, and en¬ 
gaged in several combats, untill the 
throne remained with the most vic¬ 
torious. 
