the old bee tree was becoming very crowded and the queen-mother grew restless. there were many things to make her so. in the tree were thousands of cells made ready for her eggs, and she had been busy for days putting one in each. in the larger cells she laid eggs that would hatch out drones, and in the smaller ones she laid worker eggs. she never laid any queen eggs. perhaps she did not want any queens among her children, for there can never be two queens in one swarm, and when a new one is hatched, the queen-mother has to go away and find another home.