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THE HONEY-MAKERS. 
more we study the habits of this little insect, the 
more are we astonished to find so much that is 
like our own daily experience, — so much that 
speaks of an intelligence wisely directing all its 
actions. As long ago as when Augustus Caesar 
reigned over the Roman Empire, his ardent 
poet-admirer wrote, — 
“ Of all the race of animals, alone 
The bees have common cities of their own, 
And common sons ; beneath one law thev live, 
And with one common stock their traffic drive. 
Each has a certain home, a several stall; 
All is the state’s ; the state provides for all. 
Mindful of common cold, they share the pain, 
And hoard for winter’s use the summer’s gain.” 
At last the colonists depart, led, or sometimes 
followed by their queen, and the hive is left in 
comparative quiet. Let us enter and see what 
the bees remaining there will do, now that their 
queen has gone, and with her so large a portion 
of the population. 
Rows of six-sided houses hang suspended from 
the roof of the hive, some occupied as store- 
rooms for honey and bee-bread, others as nurse- 
ries lor infant bees, and some even as bedrooms 
