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The Bee People. 



Suppose you were to lay your fruit jars 

 on their sides on the table in a row, and 

 then pile another row above them, and 

 so on. 



You would have them nicely packed 

 away, but how could you fill them with- 

 out having the contents run out as fast 



as put in ? 

 ^ Miss Apis is able 

 1 to overcome even 

 'that ditFiculty. She 

 builds a double row 

 of cells placed back to back, and opening 

 of course in opposite directions. 



The cells are not quite parallel with the 

 floor of the hive, but their mouths are 

 tipped up just a little, and they are slightly 

 curved, as if Miss Apis were afraid the 

 honey might run out if she laid them 

 down too flat. 



If you look into an empty cell of honey- 

 comb, you will see that the cells in a sheet 

 of comb are not exactly opposite to each 



