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The queen bee has a fling ; but is not forward to 
ufe it. The bees treat their queen with great refpe6l 
andaffe&ion : if fhe happen to die, all their labours are 
at an end; and it is faid they would be ftar.ved ; but 
if a new queen be given them, joy fprings up ; the 
hopes of feeing one will fupport them : this has been 
tried by giving the ehryfalis of a queen to a fwann 
that had loft its own. 
The queen lays fifteen or eighteen thoufand eggs, 
from which are to be hatched feven or eight hundred 
drones, four or five queens, and the remainder are 
neuter or working bees. 
The bees make different cells for thefe various 
kinds of young ; the parent knows what fire is to 
lay, and depofits each in itsq)roper cell. The neuters 
are the nurfes, they feed the grubs with a compofftion 
of unwrought wax and honey, and bring them up 
with tendernefs. The bees will follow their queen 
any where, which affords a method of removing bees 
to new hives. Only one queen is fuffered to live ; 
and it is faid that the bees have the power of nurling^ 
up a fucceffor, on occaffon*.. 
Mr. Williams* method of removing Bees* 
Set the hive where there is only a glimmering 
light_turn it up—the queen ffrft makes hei appear¬ 
ance—once in pofleffion of her, you are maftei of all 
the reft : put her into an empty hive, whither fire 
will be followed by the other bees. 
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