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of their honey, but some of the underground species, 
namely, B. dapedarius, terrestris, and lucorum, con- 
struct numerous waxen honey-pots as well. At first 
only three or four of these honey-pots are made, and 
they are a good deal narrower and less capacious 
than the queen's honey-pot, but as the colony grows 


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Fic, 11.—Comb of B. dapidarius, showing two honey-pots brimful of honey. 
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they are heightened, and their number is increased, 
and may amount ina large nest to twenty or even 
thirty : they are constructed at the side of the comb, 
and are usually joined together, forming a single or 
double row. In two colonies of /afzdarzus and one 
of terrestris, in which I was able to find the remains 
of the queen’s honey-pot, I noticed that the first 
new honey-pots had been built on top of it. The 
honey in the honey-pots is always thin, showing 
