The Life of the Bee 
ing the only possible spot in this absurd 
habitation, in pursuance of a method 
whose principles may appear inflexible, 
but whose results are strikingly vivid. 
When. installed in one of the huge fac- 
tories, bristling with frames, that we men- 
tioned just now, these frames will interest 
them only to the extent in which they 
provide them with a basis or point of 
departure for their combs; and they 
very naturally pay not the slightest heed 
to the desires or intentions of man. But 
if the apiarist have taken the precaution 
of surrounding the upper lath of some of 
these frames with a narrow fillet of wax, 
they will be quick to perceive the advan- 
tage this tempting offer presents, and will 
carefully extract the fillet, using their own 
wax as solder, and will prolong the comb 
in accordance with the indicated plan. 
Similarly —and the case is frequent in 
modern apiculture — if all the frames of 
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