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part. It is in common of a yellow colour, but 
that of very different shades, often of an orange ; 
and when we see bees collecting it on bushes 
that have a great many flowers, so as to furnish a 
complete load, it is then of the colour of the farina 
of that bush. It is curious to see them deposite 
this substance in the cell.’ On viewing the hives, 
we often see bees with this substance on their legs, 
moving along on the combs, as if looking out for 
the cell to deposite it in. They will often walk 
over a cell that has some deposited in it, but shall 
leave that, and try another, and so on till they 
fix; which made me conceive that each bee had 
its own cell. When they come to the intended 
cell, they put their two hind legs into it, with the 
two fore legs and the trunk out on the mouth of 
the neighbouring cell, and then the tail, or belly, 
is thrust down into the intended cell; they then 
bring the leg under the belly, and turning the 
point of the tail to the outside of the leg, where 
the farina is, they shove it off by the point of the 
tail. When it is thus shoved off both legs, the 
bee leaves it, and the two pieces of farina may be 
seen lying at the bottom of the cell: another bee 
comes almost immediately, and creeping into the 
cell, continues about five minutes, kneading and 
working it down into the bottom, or spreads it 
over what w-as deposited tliere before, leaving it a 
smooth surface. 
“ It is of a consistency like paste; burns slightly, 
and gives a kind of unusual smell, probably from 
having been mixed wdth animal juice in the act of 
