THE QUEEN-BEE. 
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for that purpose. To ascertain the 
tact was easy by direct experiment. 
Exp. On the 29th of June, (I 7 SB) 
M. Huber placed himself before a 
hive whose queen was five days old* 
Numbers of the males appeared and 
immediately took flight. Soon after, 
he had the satisfaction to perceive 
the young queen at the entrance. At 
first she did not fly, but during a 
short time traversed the board, brush¬ 
ing her belly with her hind legs. 
Neither males nor workers paid any 
attention to her. At last she took 
flight. When several feet from the 
hive, she returned, and approached it, 
as if to examine the place of her de~ 
