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INSECT ARCHITKCTIMU-. 



next bee, who passes it in the siime manner to the 

 next, and so on till it is brought to the border of the 

 nest, — in the same way as we sometimes see sugar- 

 loaves conveyed from a cart to a warehouse, by a file 

 of portero throwing them from one to another. 



The elevation c.f the dome, which is all built from 

 the interior, is tiom four to six inches above the 

 level of the field. Beside the moss or grass, tlu-y 

 frequently employ coarse wax to form the ceiling of 

 the vault, for the purpose of keeping out rain, and 



