THE WORK IN THE HIVE. — THE 

 MANUFACTURE OF WAX. 



SINCE honey-bees eat almost nothing 

 but pollen and honey, a good store 

 of these has to be laid up for winter use, 

 as well as to feed all the young bees and 

 the drones. 



Gathering honey and pollen, however, is 

 but a small part of our little worker's business. 



If I tell you there is something very won- 

 derful about Miss Apis that you have not 

 yet heard, you will not be surprised. 



Probably by this time you would be more 

 surprised if you failed to hear something 

 wonderful about her. 



This- that I am about to tell is quite as 

 wonderful as her eyes, or her honey-sac, 

 or her wings, or anything else. 



