Queen Cage. July 26th 1869. See Q w (26)
Q u (1)
Queen bee. Her proper title mother B. Ridiculous 
Notions of monarchical unities [illegible] 
In coltons my B book. Queen bee surrounded 
By mis in an attitude of homage. 
God save the Queen and all the Royal family. 
Motions of. When taken from the bees and 
Usually in the hive, very slow, but she
Has also a very rapid arrow like motion. 
This is the reason why she is so seldom seen in 
Swarming time. Usually darts at once into 
The hive. Use 2 be made of this fact,
By shutting down the hive as soon as a few 
Have entered, she will generally be separated 
From her colony, and they will return to the 
Home they have left. (false) 
Query. Is not the common idea that more than 
One Queen will in no case live together 
In the same hive. Or Reverend theophilus pack 
And DD both shelburn Massachusetts, related to 
Me the following. A woman of [illegible] A 
Member of his church, was once left at 
Home to watch the bees on Sunday. 
A swarm came out and settled, 
A second came forth and united with 
It, a third, a fourth, and a fifth. 
When the men returned home from church they 
Hived them all together in one large box. 
In the fall they were smothered, and it
Was found that four of the swarms had 
Worked in the corners and one in the center 
A marked division was perceived between 



