Of the Bees Works, Sic. 107; 
rént like gum ;. three upon one fide, and three upon the 
other, appearing ‘to the eye equal in bulk. and gravi- 
ty ; fo that the body of the Bee feemed duly poifed, and 
the flight not in the leaft obftructed by any inequalities. 
Bes: have I found it at other times ; and once I took 
away eight pieces together, and L knew that it was wax, 
and nothing elfe. Will not this pals for demonftration? 
fome, who have wrote upon thefe infects, have obferved, 
when the Bees return to their hives laden with wax, in 
order to difburden themfelves, they g ve notice to their 
companions, when three or four come, and take each a 
- fall quantity of the wax. with their jaws; and after 
them feveral others, who take their fhare of the lading, 
till no more remains ; and then thefe porters go back in- 
to the fields to fetch miore.* A Bee at work on the 
combs, requiring honey, it is offered her by another 
coming home, and fhe receives it with her trunk with- 
out fpilling.. For what reafon (honey being at ss I 
know not. 
Fonly reply, I believe not the report, , (tho? it might 
be that author’s opinion) fince all my obfervations of 
Bees have never difcovered any fuch praétice seme 
them. 
And tho’ I am far from affirming it as matter of fac, 
yet I propofe it as my humble opinion, that thofe very 
Bees that gather the wax, do alfo themfelves manufac- 
ture, and frame it intocormbs. It feems to me moft rea- 
fonable fo to think. But I leave every reader to his 
own judgment. 
CHAP, 
& Bradley, p, 240, 243. 
