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30. 



Bees can be made to aug- 

 ment at pleasure the tem- 

 perature of a hive by shak- 

 ing them well, by which they 

 emit as much heat as will 

 warm an apartment or a 

 green-house. 



31. 



The common bees keep a 

 guard over the cells of the 

 young queens, to prevent 

 them making their escape. 



32. 

 The queen-bee feels an 

 instinctive horror at the 

 sight of a royal cell. 



33. 

 A hive may be kept one 

 hundred years without any 

 alteration in it. 



34. 



The cells which contain 

 honey are covered with a 

 white pellicle; those which 

 contain brood are covered 

 with a brown pellicle. 



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contain the brood are covered 

 with the same kind of pel- 

 licle, and are convex. 



30. 

 Bees do not possess the 

 power of augmenting the 

 heat of their hive, nor can 

 they be forced to it under 

 any circumstances whatever. 



31. 



The common bees estab- 

 lish no guard over the queen 

 cells, nor prevent the de- 

 parture of the queens at the 

 regular time. 



32. 



The queen-bee pays no 

 attention whatever to the 

 royal cells. 



33. 



A hive is not worth keep- 

 ing after the fifth year, the 

 combs being then almost 

 useless both for honey and 



brood. 



34. 



The cells which contain 

 honey, and those which con- 

 tain brood, are covered with 

 the same substance, which 

 is wax. 



