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in remarks on Rule 2d, or she may be lost 
by accident when she goes out of the hive 
into the air for exercise, or for the purpose of 
forming the sexual union with the drone; 
because, on returning to the hive, she has 
been known to enter her neighbor’s hive by 
mistake, and lose her life before she could 
make her escape. 
Note. — I think all close observers of bees 
will accord with this doctrine, when they 
reflect upon the fact that the Queen frequently 
sallies forth for exercise or for other pur- 
poses, of which we see repeated indications 
during the breeding season, to wit : the bees 
assume the appearance of the commence- 
ment of swarming : they fly very thick before 
the hive, and run in every direction on its 
outside. In short, it would seem that hostil- 
ities had commenced in great earnest betwixt 
that and some unknown hive, or that they 
were in a real sport. Now the bees miss 
their sovereign when these peculiar feats arc 
seen, and on her return, all is quiet. 
