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see it in the wasp. Having completed this lining, 
they cast off, or rather shove off, from the head 
backwards, the last maggot coat, which is deposit- 
ed at the bottom of the cell, and then they become 
chrysalises. 
“ Of the Food of the Maggoty or what is commonly 
called Bee-Bread. 
' “ One would naturally suppose, that the food of 
the maggot bee should be honey, both because it 
is the food of the old ones, and it is what they ap- 
pear principally to collect for themselves; how- 
ever, the circumstance of honey being food for 
the old ones is no argument, because very few 
young animals live on the same food with the old, 
and therefore it is probable the maggot bee does 
not live upon honey ; and if we reason from 
analogy, we shall be led to suppose the bee-bread 
to be the food of the maggot. It is the food of the 
maggot of the humble bee, who feeds upon honey, 
and even lays up a store of honey for a wet day, 
yet does not feed the young with it. It is the 
food of the maggot of a black bee, and also of 
several others of the solitary kind, who also feed 
upon honey; and wasps, &c. who do not bring in 
such materials, do not feed themselves upon honey. 
We cannot suppose, that the bee-bread is for the 
food of the old bees, when we see them collecting 
it in the months of June, July, &c. at which time 
they have honey in great plenty. This substance 
