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The Fairy-Land of Science
·
Arabella B. Buckley
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Meanwhile,
a
day
or
two
after
the
bees
have
settled
in
the
hive,
the
queen-bee
begins
to
get
very
restless.
She
goes
outside
the
hive
and
hovers
about
a
little
while,
and
then
comes
in
again,
and
though
generally
the
bees
all
look
very
closely
after
her
to
keep
her
indoors,
yet
now
they
let
her
do
as
she
likes.
Again
she
goes
out,
and
again
back,
and
then,
at
last,
she
soars
up
into
the
air
and
flies
away.
But
she
is
not
allowed
to
go
alone.
All
the
drones
of
the
hive
rise
up
after
her,
forming
a
guard
of
honour
to
follow
her
wherever
she
goes.
In
about
half-an-hour
she
comes
back
again,
and
then
the
working
bees
all
gather
round
her,
knowing
that
now
she
will
remain
quietly
in
the
hive
and
spend
all
her
time
in
laying
eggs;
for
it
is
the
queen-bee
who
lays
all
the
eggs
in
the
hive.
This
she
begins
to
do
about
two
days
after
her
flight.
There
are
now
many
cells
ready
besides
those
filled
with
honey;
and,
escorted
by
several
bees,
the
queen-bee
goes
to
one
of
these,
and,
putting
her
head
into
it
remains
there
a
second
as
if
she
were
examining
whether
it
would
make
a
good
home
for
the
young
bee.
Then,
coming
out,
she
turns
round
and
lays
a
small,
oval,
bluish-white
egg
in
the
cell.
After
this
she
takes
no
more
notice
of
it,
but
goes
on
to
the
next
cell
and
the
next,
doing
the
same
thing,
and
laying
eggs
in
all
the
empty
cells
equally
on
both
sides
of
the
comb.
She
goes
on
so
quickly
that
she
sometimes
lays
as
many
as
200
eggs
in
one
day.
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