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Flowers of mod Vegetables 5 which Is no mpre than 
an Exfudation from the Leaves and Blofloms of thefe 
Veflcls thac break with the Heat ; befides thofe that 
appear on the Apices of Flowers, which afterwards 
impregnates the Fruit. 
Of this inward Subdancc of the Farina , diluted 
with Water, after Digedion, is formed the Bouiilee 
and Jelly, which the Bees difeharge upwards by the 
Mouth, into the Cells, to nourifh the young Bees 
until they become Nymph# ; whild the Husk or 
outer Coat is difeharg’d by the Anus y and becomes 
the genuine Wax. 
I have frequently, when Bees have been fwarming, 
had them alight upon my Hands and Cloaths ,* and 
many, at different times, have difeharged their Faces 
thereupon : This I have taken off, and found it of 
the Confidence of warm Wax, with the fame gluti- 
nous adhering Quality, not crumbling like the Farina ; 
I have alfo didinguifh’d it by the Smell to b'c Wax* 
but it had a heavier dronger Smell, as it was frefh 
and warm from the Bee. 
What further confirmed me in this Fad, was from 
my Obfervation of the Bees when working up their 
Comb in a glafs Hive; where I have constantly feen 
(and mud believe it impofiible not to be obferved 
by fo accurate an Obferver as M. Reaumur ) that 
fcveral Bees, foon after one another, have by hady 
Steps, walk’d along a Comb then forming, for 
the Length of two or three Cells, bending their 
Tails to the Comb, and driking it with a wrig- 
gling Motion from Side to Side, in a zigzagWay } 
which I was convinced was difeharging their Foeces , 
or the Wax, againft the Border of the Cells, as 
they 
