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The Fairy-Land of Science
·
Arabella B. Buckley
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Hark!
What
is
that
note
answering
her?
It
is
a
low,
hoarse
sound,
and
it
comes
from
the
cell
of
the
next
eldest
princess.
Now
we
see
why
the
young
queen
has
been
so
restless.
She
knows
her
sister
will
soon
come
out,
and
the
louder
and
stronger
the
sound
becomes
within
the
cell,
the
sooner
she
knows
the
fight
will
have
to
begin.
And
so
she
makes
up
her
mind
to
follow
her
mother's
example
and
to
lead
off
a
second
swarm.
But
she
cannot
always
stop
to
choose
a
fine
day,
for
her
sister
is
growing
very
strong
and
may
come
out
of
her
cell
before
she
is
off.
And
so
the
second,
or
after
swarm,
gets
ready
and
goes
away.
And
this
explains
why
princesses'
eggs
are
laid
a
few
days
apart,
for
if
they
were
laid
all
on
the
same
day,
there
would
be
no
time
for
one
princess
to
go
off
with
a
swarm
before
the
other
came
out
of
her
cell.
Sometimes,
when
the
workers
are
not
watchful
enough,
two
queens
do
meet,
and
then
they
fight
till
one
is
killed;
or
sometimes
they
both
go
off
with
the
same
swarm
without
finding
each
other
out.
But
this
only
delays
the
fight
till
they
get
into
the
new
hive;
sooner
or
later
one
must
be
killed.
And
now
a
third
queen
begins
to
reign
in
the
old
hive,
and
she
is
just
as
restless
as
the
preceding
ones,
for
there
are
still
more
princesses
to
be
born.
But
this
time,
if
no
new
swarm
wants
to
start,
the
workers
do
not
try
to
protect
the
royal
cells.
The
young
queen
darts
at
the
first
she
sees,
gnaws
a
hole
with
her
jaws,
and,
thrusting
in
her
sting
through
the
hole
in
the
cocoon,
kills
the
young
bee
while
it
is
still
a
prisoner.
She
then
goes
to
the
next,
and
the
next,
and
never
rests
till
all
the
young
princesses
are
destroyed.
Then
she
is
contented,
for
she
knows
no
other
queen
will
come
to
dethrone
her.
After
a
few
days
she
takes
her
flight
in
the
air
with
the
drones,
and
comes
home
to
settle
down
in
the
hive
for
the
winter.
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