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MANUAL OF TJfE 
RILE THIRTEENTH. 
History of the Queen. 
I here are three classes of Rees in every swarm 
and the Queen differs very much from the other two" 
•Mi'nitn l * ie ° n ^ ^ e,,ia ^ e a population of 15,000 to 
h0,000. She differs very much in size and shape from 
both the workers and drones. Her head resembles 
that of the workers. The eyes are covered with hair 
tor protection. The black balls on each side of the 
head are made up of hundreds of stationary eyes placed 
in such a position that they can see in every direction, 
i hese eyes are set in rows, resembling honey comb ; 
but they cannot be seen with the unaided vision. — 
The face between the eyes is covered with hair. The 
chest is nearly round, of a dark chestnut color, and 
covered with hair. She has 6 strong legs, with 2 
hooks for a foot at the extremity of each, to enable her 
to adhere to the hive, and cluster. She has four wings 
of which the two nearest the 'head are much the larg- 
est and longest. The rump is sloped very much like a 
sugar loaf, and is much longer in proportion than that 
of the worker. Rut little hair is ever seen on this part 
of the body, and it is covered with 6 belts or scales.— 
She lias also 2 antetmtE_or feelers, which are made up 
