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In Summer they often fhift their Quarters, and 
remove from Cell to Cell, diftributing fuch a 
quantity of Eggs, as they think convenient. In 
whatever Apartment a Queen i\nt condefcends to 
be prefent, file commands Obedience and Refpedt. 
An univerfal Gladnefs fpreads itfelf through the 
whole Cell, which is expreffed by particular Afts 
of Joy and Exultation, They have a peculiarWay 
of fkipping, leaping, and Handing upon their 
Hind Legs, and prancing with the others. Thefe 
Prolicks they make ufe of, both to congratulate 
each other when they meet, and to (how their 
Regard for the Queen. Some of them gently walk 
over her, others dance round her, and all endea¬ 
vour to exert their Loyalty and Aftedlion. She is 
general!v encircled with a Clutter of Attendants 
who, if you feparate them from her, foon colledl 
themfelves into a Bodv, and inclofe her in the 
mid ft. Howfoever rornantick this Defcription 
may appear, it may eafily be proved by an obviou s 
Experiment. If you place a Queen Ant with her 
Retinue under a Glafs, you will in a few Moments 
be convinced of the Honour they pay, and Efteem 
they entertain for her. There cannot be a more 
remarkable Inftance than what happened to a 
Black Queen, the beginning of iaft Spring. I had 
placed her with a large Retinue in a Aiding Box, 
3 in 
