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hatch, the little 
~~ spoil the honey. To keep them 
“Sout, the bees sometimes build 
walls of propolis just inside the 
#/hive door, making the entrance 
iy) SO narrow that only one bee can 
{pass at a time. In this way the 
gis sentinels are better able to keep 
(y out the intruders. 
g Bees have been known to use 
propolis in strange ways. You know they 
chink up all the holes with it and glue the 
frames fast. Once, so the story goes, they 
glued a snail to the bottom of the hive. His 
snailship had crawled into the hive and 
the bees fastened his shell tightly to the 
floor. So, for going where he was not 
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