COMBS, AND THE FORM OF CELLS. 



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bottom of each cell quite flat, but a piece of thin wax, 

 beautifully impressed with little diamond -shaped 

 pieces put together, the bottom of each cell being 



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Comb — Worker and Drone. 



formed of three such diamond-shaped pieces meeting 

 in a point, as you see in the drawing below. 



Comb Foundation. 



And now, let us try and see how nothing can 

 be more perfect than all this for the object in view. 



