this made the queen-mother more restless than ever. "if i cannot do as i wish to with my own children," she said, "i will leave the tree." and she began walking back and forth as fast as she could, and talked a great deal, and acted almost wild with impatience. the workers saw how she felt, and part of them decided to go with her. when a worker made up her mind to go with the queen-mother, she showed it by also acting wild and walking back and forth, and talking a great deal, sometimes fluttering her wings very fast. then she would go for honey, because when bees are about to swarm they fill their honey-pockets just as full as they can. at times the queen-mother would be quiet, and you might almost think that she had given up going. then suddenly she would grow restless again, and all the workers who were going with her would act as she did, and they would get so warm with excitement that the air in the tree became quite hot.