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The Bees of Guiana are but littlfe 

 larger than the common Houfe-fly in 

 England. Their colour is black, and 

 they are armed with flings, which they 

 fometimes exercife upon the Negroes, 

 who, in revenge, eat as many as they 

 can catch. They depofit their Honey 

 in the cavities of hollow trees, in the 

 woods. This Honey has a dark brown 

 colour ; a fweet, but lefs agreeable tafte, 

 than the European, and leaves a fin ail 

 bitter behind. It is found in large 

 quantities, and is almoft as fluid ias olive 

 oil. The colour of the wax is a dirty 

 brownifh black, and its fubftance fome- 

 what fofter than the yellow wax of Eu- 

 rope, having a fweet fragrant fmell. 



In looking over Lloyd's Evening PoJl 9 

 from the 3d to the 5th of October, 1763, 

 I obferved an article, intimating that the 

 Society of Arts, &c. had received fome 

 of this Wax from Surinam, and that 



many 



