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SYSTEMS OF I1UBER AND HUISH. 



25. 



There are six substances 

 made by the bees in a hive, 

 viz. honey, propolis, wax, 

 bee-bread, royal jelly, and 

 cream. 



26. 



The queen possesses the 

 power of emitting a clacking 

 noise when confined in her 

 cell, and also when she 

 wishes to strike the bees 

 motionless. 



27. 

 The bees have the power 

 of imparting to their combs 

 whatever colour they please. 



28. 

 The bees are endowed 

 with the skill of erecting for- 

 tifications and other struc- 

 tures, as means of defence 

 against their enemies. 



29. 

 The cells which contain 

 honey are filled at the top 

 with a kind of cream. 



HUISH. 



25. 

 There are three substances 

 made and collected by the 

 bees in a hive, viz. honey, 

 wax, and pollen, or bee- 

 bread. 



26. 



The queen-bee has not the 

 power of emitting any sound 

 whatever. 



27. 

 The bees do not possess 

 the power of imparting any 

 particular colour to their 

 combs, which are originally 

 white, then yellow, through 

 all its shades, then black, 

 being the direct effect of the 

 internal heat of the hive. 



28. 

 The bees, in the construc- 

 tion of their combs, adhere 

 to one form and figure, and 

 in no instance do they erect 

 any structure or means of 



defence. 



29. 



The cells which contain 



honey are covered with a 



thin pellicle of wax, and 



are concave. The cells which 



