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FORMATION OF SWARMS. 
Notwithstanding the victories of 
this queen, she was treated with 
great indifference during the three 
days that she preserved her virginity. 
At length, having gone abroad, she 
returned with the signs of fecunda¬ 
tion, and was henceforth received 
with every mark of respect. 
chap. lit 
ON THE COMBATS OF QUEENS. 
There ought to be but one queen in 
a hive; therefore, it is necessary, if 
by chance a second is either produced 
or comes into it, that one of the two 
must be destroyed. 
