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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 

 \£)X wax. 



No other shape would so 

 well fill the space. 

 They have found this out ; 

 and as they want to put as 

 many cells into as small a 

 space as possible, the wise 

 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 



