CHAPTER II. 
The Queen Bee. —Attachment of her Subjects. — Gotthold’s 
Emblem. — Birth and Infancy of the Queen. — Her La- 
bors. — Laying of Eggs. — Young Bees. — But ono 
Queen in a Hive. — Swarming. — Choice of a New 
Queen. — Battles between Rival Queens. — Manifesta- 
tions of Divine Wisdom. — Nothing too Small to escape 
God’s Caro and Notice. 
The body of the queen-bee is longer and more 
tapering than that of the other bees, of a livelier 
The Queen Bee. 
shade of color, and tinged with yellow on the un- 
der side. Her wings are short, her movements 
slow and majestic, as becomes a queen, and wher- 
ever she goes she is accompanied by a little body- 
