110 The Bee People. 
and so are her jaws, and even her tongue, 
which she uses in the finer work of the 
cell. 
The bees begin at the roof and build 
the comb downward. 
It is wonderful to think of the fairy 
structure growing there in the dark hive 
under the efforts of the industrious little 
bees. 
They make six-sided cells lying close 
__ together, so as not to waste either room 
No other shape would so 
c-*' well fill the space. 
They have found this out; 
‘' and as they want to put as 
Bx, Cy many cells into as small a 
: CLE space as possible, the wise 
“Gee” ~workers pat, and pull, and press 
the wax into hexagonal cups or jars. 
Although many bees work together, and 
in the dark too, they keep watch over each 
other’s movements in some way, and build 
