The more we become acquainted with its details, the more astonishing does the scene presented by a community of bees appears. Each hive is a
commonwealth, of which the queen is nominally the head, receiving the greatest honour and care from her industrious subjects.
    With a greater wisdom than can be claimed by men, these creatures allow no disputes about the succession to the throne to induce them to injure each other, but they require the parties themselves individually to settle the quarrel between each other, without prolonged interference with the duties of hive. Indeed, they may be said with truth to have adopted the advice; "Let those who make the quarrels, be the only ones to fight”. 
Only one queen is permitted to hold office in the community at a time, but while her claims are undisputed, she is treated with singular respect and affection. Indeed, her presence, and the prospect of a future generation appear the chief motives of the insects to exert themselves. The writer’s observation that the bees “settle the quarrel between each other, without prolonged interference with the duties of the hive” suggests that he / she is