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eggs, ran quickly about in the hive, 
rushed out, and fell on the ground. 
Two queens deprived of their antennae 
did not fight when put together. 
Taste . Perhaps the sense of taste 
is the least perfect of those enjoyed 
by bees; for this is one, which in 
general, seems to admit of selection. 
But contrary to the received opinion, 
the bee certainly displays little taste 
in the honey that it collects. It is 
not repulsed by plants which to us are 
most hateful and odious: poisonous 
flowers are not excluded from its 
search; and the honey of some of the 
American provinces is even said to 
be of the most deleterious nature. 
