She is usually designated by the name of queen; and as she suffers no rival near her throne, she may be regarded as an absolute queen. She varies considerably in her appearance from the working bees, still more so in her functions. She is both larger and longer than the workers; their relative proportions are very fairly given in the plate upon the table; from which you will perceive that, though the queen's body is longer than that of a worker, her wings are about the same length, so that they Call considerably short of covering her body. Her movements are more slow and graceful than those of the workers. The under parts of her body are of a copper colour, so likewise are her thighs, but they are not furnished with baskets; for she has never occasion for any, being always waited upon by the workers. The sting of the working bee is quite strait; that of the queen is somewhat curved; and the tube which encloses it, besides its utility, as a sheath for the sting, affords a passage for the eggs which she lays; and, by its telescopic construction, she is able so to extend it as to deposit her eggs at the very bottom of the brood cells; and this object is still further facilitated by the tapering form of her hinder part. These eggs, at the height of the season, she deposits at the rate of 200 a-day, and thus becomes the fertile mother of many thousands annually, consisting of workers, drones, and a few scions of royalty. So fast indeed does her progeny increase at this season as to render fit necessary that their numbers should be diminished either by the issue of swarms, or by affording the family additional room. I have now a few words to offer on the remaining members of the family of bees,--those which have been denominated by Shakspere as "the lazy yawning drones." These are the gentlemen of the hive; and truly do they deserve that name, for they do no work, and never venture abroad but in fine weather, when they can enjoy the sunshine and philander with the royal ladies. They are nearly the same length as the queen, but more bulky, and very clumsily formed, and they are not armed with a sting. Superficially regarded, it would seem as if they came into the world merely to consume the produce of others' industry. They must not be hastily condemned, however, for not being gifted with the organs necessary either to collect or to convey food; they ought not to be reproached on that score, and as we know some of their uses, we may fairly give them credit for others.