COMBATS OF QUEENS. 53 
tally wounded her. The vanquished 
queen fell down, dragged herself lan¬ 
guidly along, and soon after expired. 
During all this time the workers 
were in great agitation, and the tu¬ 
mult seemed to increase when the 
adversaries separated. The workers 
stopt the queens wdien flying from 
one another, seized their limbs, and 
detained them prisoners till they a- 
gain sought to encounter each other. 
— This was a combat of virgin queens. 
j Exp. 1. Three royal cells were in¬ 
troduced into a hive, the queen of 
which was fertile. When she per¬ 
ceived them, she sprang forward, and 
stung them to the bottom. 
