BEE OULTURE. 23 
inch thick!! Truc, we take the wax they produce, melt it 
up, spread it into sheets, and then configurate it, showing 
the base or foundation of the cells—but there our inventive 
genius, for the present at least, “takes a rest.” In compari- 
son with their workmanship, ours is as a thick sheet of 
wrapping paper to a delicate sheet of tissue paper ! 
It is estimated that it takes about 20 pounds of honey to 
produce one pound of wax ; it is therefore all-important that 
all good pieces of comb should be preserved and given again 
to the bees. 
There are three kinds of cells ina hive. The smaller ones 
are hexagonal, and a little more than one-fifth of an inch in 
diameter, and are called Worker cells ; the larger ones of the 
same shape are one-fourth of an inch in diameter, and are 
Fie. 11.—Frame of Brood. 
called Drone cells. These cells may be seen illustrated in 
Fig. 11. The smaller or Worker cells being shown at the 
top ; the larger or Drone cells, at the bottom. The other 
cells, of different size and shape, (see Fig. 11.) are Queen 
cells; one is shown in the centre of the engraving, and 
four more on the left. They extend vertically or diagonally 
downwards, and very much res¢mble a peanut in form and 
size—they are simply the birth-place of Queens, and are 
