1^ 9V JEfiS WAX* 



died of Imnger ? Had we, by withdrawing iht fecundating 

 powder, deprived the bees of every means of nouriibing 

 them ? 



. To afceiiain this it would be fufficient to reftore them theif 

 pollen, and obfcrve the ilTue. Tiie bees were therefore again 

 returned to tlieir prifon, after having fubftituted young worms 

 for thofe which had been fuffered to die. 



Oa the 22d, we found that the bees had faftened thefe combs, 

 and that they were again in a ftate of incubiation ; we then gave 

 Uiem fome pieces of combs in which other bees had ftored up 

 the fecundating powder, and, the belter toobferve what they 

 did with it, we took fome of the pollen out of the cells, and 

 laid it expofed on the ftand of the hive. In a few minutes the 

 bees difcovered the pollen in. the combs, and that which we 

 had taken out; they took it grain by grain in their jaws, and 

 conveyed it into their mouths; thofe which had eaten mofl vo- 

 racioufly re-afcended the combs, and placed themfelves, af 

 firtl, upon the cells of the young worms, which they entered 

 with their heads foremoft, and remained there a greater or lefs 

 length of time. One of the windows of the hive was now 

 opened cautioiifly, Burnens powdered the bees which ^at the 

 pollen, and watched them for fome hours; he obferved that the 

 marked bees always re-afcended to the nurfery, and immedi- 

 ately entered the cells of the young bees-. 



The 23d, we> found the royal cells begun. 



The 24th, we drove the bees from off the young worms, 

 and we remarked, 



1ft, That all of them had the jelly, as in the common hives : 



2d, That the worms had grown larger, and were forwarder 

 in their cells : 



3d, That others had been. (Imt up again: And, 

 .. 4th, That the royal cells had been lengthened. 



The 25th, we withdrew the pieces of comb which we had 

 placed on the ftand, and found that the quantity of pollen was* 

 fenfibly diminiflied; we afterwards replaced them in the hive 

 Yr^h other cells filled with the fecundating powder* 



The 26th, the royal cells had been clofed diiring the night, 

 as well as feveral of the common ones. 



The 27 Ih, I reftored thefe bees to liberty ; Burnens examined 

 the cells with the greateft attention, and found jelly in all thofe 



which 



