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they exist in Africa, since some travellers have 

 found honey at Madagascar of a green colour, 

 and very agreeable taste, but much thinner 

 than ordinary. 



The Humble-bees, which form a consider- 

 able division of this numerous genus, may be 

 distinguished at once by their size, and by their 

 body being covered with thicker and longer 

 hair than the smaller kinds. They live in small 

 societies, from 30 to 50, never exceeding a 

 hundred. They for the most part make their 

 nest in the ground, or under moss, &c. forming 

 cup-shaped cells, in which they deposit their 

 eggs.. The Apis lapidaria makes its nest in 

 gravelly places, while the Apis centuncularis, 

 or carpenter-bee, forms its tubular cavities in 

 the body of a tree, and lines them with rose- 

 leaves. The Apis terrestris is one of the largest 

 of the species; the males are somewhat smaller 

 than the females, and the neuters are much less 

 than either. They live in society, and range 

 from flower to flower, collecting the honey with 

 great assiduity. Mr. Kirby, in his inestimable 

 Monograph of English Bees, says that he has 



