. The A B C of bee culture: a cyclopaedia of every thing pertaining to the care of the honey-bee. QUEENS. 198 QUEENS. WHAT BECOMES OF THE QUEEN AFTER SHE GETS OUT OF THE CELL? I am glad to mxy, that I can tell you, by personal observation, pretty nearly what a But suppose she does find another cell; what then? AVell, she sometimes runs around it awhile; sometimes the bees tear it down, and sometimes she tears it down queen does after she pushes open that herself, with the same strong mandibles that hinged door that I told you of, and which she used to cut her way out of the cell at you will fi
. The A B C of bee culture: a cyclopaedia of every thing pertaining to the care of the honey-bee. QUEENS. 198 QUEENS. WHAT BECOMES OF THE QUEEN AFTER SHE GETS OUT OF THE CELL? I am glad to mxy, that I can tell you, by personal observation, pretty nearly what a But suppose she does find another cell; what then? AVell, she sometimes runs around it awhile; sometimes the bees tear it down, and sometimes she tears it down queen does after she pushes open that herself, with the same strong mandibles that hinged door that I told you of, and which she used to cut her way out of the cell at you will find illustrated under the head of first. 8he usually makes the opening in the QUEEN-iiEAUiNG. She generally begins to side of the cell, as shown in the accompany- put her head into the cells until she finds one containing unsealed honey, from which she takes a suj) that, at least, indicates that she likes that kind of provision. May I di- gress enough here to ask, if it does not al- most seem proper to siy that she reniemhem wliere lioney is to be h:id y .She never exist- ed before, it is true: but are you sure she does not remember at all what her mother and grandmother did ages and ages before lier? It may be as well to say she does it by instinct, but I confess that term hardly sat- isfies me. After she has had her supper she begins ing QUEEt- :ELL TOltX OPEN. Now, it is said tliat the queen immediately stings her helpless immature sister, to make a sure thing of her destruction ; but of this to crawl about, partly to enjoy using the long \ I am not certain, for I never saw her in the strong legs God has given lier, and perhaps I act of so doing. I have seen spots in the because she "remembers" that it is her allot- ted task to tear down the remaining queen- cells, if such there are. If other queens have hatched before lier, it is one of her first and foremost duties to look them up, and either reign supreme or die in the attempt. If all tlie other cells have
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