Chapter IX: How the Bees Create the People and the Common Mother

Care of the bee for the nymph, or larva, 321
As it grows, so does its wonderful organization develop, 322
Special care bestowed on the future queen, 323
The queen bee has attributes of its own, 324
Her rage, when she becomes aware of the existence of possible rivals, 325
The community divided between the old love and the new, 325
An emigration takes place, 325
And a new commonwealth is established, 326
Sometimes the old queen and the new encounter one another, 327
In which case a deadly combat ensues, 328
And the victor becomes the idol of the people, 328
If both perish, the community, in a state of great excitement, proceed
to feed and bring up another, 329
Whom they will guard with loving loyalty, 329