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The Fairy-Land of Science
·
Arabella B. Buckley
183
Week
27
At
the
end
of
sixteen
days
after
the
first
royal
egg
was
laid,
the
eldest
princess
begins
to
try
to
eat
her
way
out
of
her
cell,
and
about
this
time
the
old
queen
becomes
very
uneasy,
and
wanders
about
distractedly.
The
reason
of
this
is
that
there
can
never
be
two
queen-bees
in
one
hive,
and
the
queen
knows
that
her
daughter
will
soon
be
coming
out
of
her
cradle
and
will
try
to
turn
her
off
her
throne.
So,
not
wishing
to
have
to
fight
for
her
kingdom,
she
makes
up
her
mind
to
seek
a
new
home
and
take
a
number
of
her
subjects
with
her.
If
you
watch
the
hive
about
this
time
you
will
notice
many
of
the
bees
clustering
together
after
they
have
brought
in
their
honey,
and
hanging
patiently,
in
order
to
have
plenty
of
wax
ready
to
use
when
they
start,
while
the
queen
keeps
a
sharp
look-out
for
a
bright,
sunny
day,
on
which
they
can
swarm:
for
bees
will
never
swarm
on
a
wet
or
doubtful
day
if
they
can
possibly
help
it,
and
we
can
easily
understand
why,
when
we
consider
how
the
rain
would
clog
their
wings
and
spoil
the
wax
under
their
bodies.
Meanwhile
the
young
princess
grows
very
impatient,
and
tries
to
get
out
of
her
cell,
but
the
worker-bees
drive
her
back,
for
they
know
there
would
be
a
terrible
fight
if
the
two
queens
met.
So
they
close
up
the
hole
she
has
made
with
fresh
wax
after
having
put
in
some
food
for
her
to
live
upon
till
she
is
released.
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