"The queen bee lays the eggs; and when the eggs hatch, the hive is so
full of bees that it cannot hold them all. As soon as they find another
queen, some of them must move out.
"When the bees are swarming, they always take good care of their queen.
Sometimes they settle on a limb of a tree; and while they are there,
they keep their queen covered, so no one can find her. They send out
scouts to find a new home; and as soon as it is found, they all move the
re.
"Sometimes Grandpa finds the queen, and puts her in the hive. Then she
makes a sort of drumming noise, and the other bees follow her inside."
"Was it the queen bee that stung me?" asked Joyce.
"No, the queen never uses her sting except when in battle with another
queen bee; but the other bees take care of her, even if they must die
for her sake. There are different kinds of bees in the hive. Drone bees
cannot sting; and they will not work--they are lazy fellows. In the fall
they are all killed, so that during the long winter months they cannot
eat the honey which the workers have gathered.
"Bees are busy all the time. On sunny days, they gather honey; and on
cloudy days they make little wax cells in which to store the honey.
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