COMBATS OF QUEENS. 
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Exp . 2. Into the same hive was in¬ 
troduced another fertile queen. The 
workers immediately formed circles 
around both queens, and restrained all 
their motions, except when advancing 
towards each other. At last,the queen 
of the hive gave the stranger a mor¬ 
tal sting.—-This was a combat of 
fertile queens. 
Exp . B. When a fertile queen was 
introduced into a hive which had a 
virgin queen, the latter was victori¬ 
ous. 
In the natural state of hives, seve¬ 
ral queens, proceeding from different 
royal cells, may sometimes exist at 
the same moment, and they will re- 
