. The bee people. Bees. THE NEW QUEEN. MEANTIME all is not fair weather in the old hive. The new queen, although just out of her cell, understands her business perfectly, and is quite capable of going about it, but there are complications. Hers was not the only queen cell in that hive. There were others, And now, just as she has ascended the throne with the old queen peaceably out of the way, the suc- cession being accomplished without oppo- sition, lo and behold! she hears a sound, — a sound that probably sends the blood to her heart, and causes her very toes to tingle. The sound she hears is
. The bee people. Bees. THE NEW QUEEN. MEANTIME all is not fair weather in the old hive. The new queen, although just out of her cell, understands her business perfectly, and is quite capable of going about it, but there are complications. Hers was not the only queen cell in that hive. There were others, And now, just as she has ascended the throne with the old queen peaceably out of the way, the suc- cession being accomplished without oppo- sition, lo and behold! she hears a sound, — a sound that probably sends the blood to her heart, and causes her very toes to tingle. The sound she hears is not that of can- non afar, nor of drum-beats in the distance, 147. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Morley, Margaret Warner, 1858- [from old catalog]. Chicago, A. C. McClurg and company
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