_Effects of the Vox Regalis of the Queen Bee_ (Vol. vii., p. 499.).--Dr.
Bevan, than whom there is probably no better authority on apiarian matters,
discredits this statement of Huber. No other naturalist appears to have
witnessed these wonderful effects. Dr. Bevan however states, that when the
queen is
"Piping, prior to the issue of an after-swarm, the bees that are near
her remain still, with a slight inclination of their heads, but whether
impressed by fear or not seems doubtful."--Bevan _On the Honey Bee_, p.
18.