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bee ha$ never been heard on the western side of 

 Alleghany Mountains : but that a violent hurri- 

 cane having carried several swarms over that 

 lofty ridge, they found there a new unexhausted 

 country, singularly favourable to their propaga- 

 tion, where they have multiplied, till the whole 

 of those boundless savannahs and plains have been 

 colonized by these indefatigable emigrants." 



From what I have said above, it would seem 

 that the bees of all tropical climates store their 

 honey in cells or bags of large dimensions ; but 

 from Mr. Basil Hall's account it appears that the 

 bees of South America build small cells also, re- 

 sembling those of our hive-bees ; and in all pro- 

 bability this is the case with those of other hot 

 climates, and that these small cells are merely 

 used as receptacles for the young brood. 



