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perceptible angle, or any traces of cells. It was a simple 

 wall, or ridge, running in a straight line, and withont the 

 least inflection, two-thirds of an inch in length, about two- 

 thirds of a cell, or two lines, high, and declining towards 

 the extremities. We have seen other foundation w^alls 

 from an inch to an inch and a half long, the form being 

 always the same ; but none ever of greater height. 



" The vacuity in the centre of the cluster had permitted 

 us to discover the first manoeuvres of the bees, and the art 

 with which they laid the foundations of their edifices. 

 However, it was filled up too soon for our satisfaction ; for 

 workers collecting on both faces of the wall obstructed our 

 view of their further operations." * 



* Hiiber on Bees, p. 858. 



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