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but not their heads. In this case the bees all 
remained tranquil, and went on with their em- 
ployments as usual. The means they used to 
assure themselves that their queen was in their 
vicinity, and to communicate with her, was to 
pass their antennae through the openings of the 
grate ; an infinite number of these organs might 
be seen at once inquiring in all directions, and 
the queen was observed answering these anxious 
questions of her subjects in the most marked 
manner ; for she was fastened by her feet to the 
grate, crossing her antennae with those of the 
inquirers. 
That bees remember, is evident from an anec- 
dote related by Huber. One autumn, some 
honey was placed in a window — the bees at- 
tended it in crowds. The honey was taken away, 
and the window closed with a shutter all the 
w inter : in the spring, when it was opened, the 
bees returned, though no fresh honey had been 
placed there. 
No one who has been stung can doubt their 
anger and revenge; indeed they have always 
been celebrated for it. In Mungo Park's last 
mission to Africa, he was much annoyed by the 
attacks of bees. His people, in search of honey, 
disturbed a large colony of them. The bees 
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