THR BEE. 5CK) 
Hexagonal cells are, besides, better fitted 
ofwax. ^ , 
c}dindrical bodies of these insects. A comb 
) ''■‘s e M consist of two rows of cells applied to each 
'''* Sivpc ‘"Traiigement both saves room in the hive, 
n ....X cells of which the comb is 
iSd"* '^°“We entr} into t 
As A hirtKpr cavi 
^>on 
As a fiirtber saving of wax, and for the pre- 
spaces, tlie bases of the 
rfe for bases to the opposite row. 
liis in one row of 
In a word, the 
'! ' 'tiin odscs u) me oppusueiow. xn a w'ord, the 
’t'k ‘'lor construction of these cells is examined, 
rc-ir J?, the admiration of the observer excited. 
C "'oulH extremely thin, that the mouths of the 
of ’ 5“tering and passing out continually, be in 
I tiiy|. J.suftering ; to prevent which, a kind of ring, three 
^Sitt nf thicker than the W'alls, is formed round the 
each cell. 
tells which bees operate, when constructing 
“• * liivl!.‘ ** ”ot easily to be traced, even with the help ot 
i^’fQrtijj' , ^ eager to afford mutual assistance. 
purpose so many of tliem crowd together, and 
Petnall — ^ W4av,.x.. 
Other, that their individual 
k'^ 1 Self^nrn K^» rlictinotlTr Ti. I 
■s; beZ^ seldom be distinctly observed. It has, how- 
tlie'^ n ^“‘^®*'tained that, in modelling and poli.shing 
Svi'^o other instruments besides 
«i\ 
V’ ’ha ' * 
ih b(!t also be remarked 
Vov 
With a little patience and i 
Vgs just begun ; and the celerity 
attention, cells 
with which a 
Vgg *. ^ cKij^Lui j dliu. iiic ceicnij' wiixi wtiicii a 
lay teeth against a small proportion of one of these 
» ^ISO K/i O *r’l-S»X 1 .r^T t. , 1 
The little animal, by repeated 
Vi.’ ariif ^^tth side, smooths this portion, renders it com- 
’I PS. ^^duCPS it" fr» '1 i^rrit^p^r* r\f 
Z-«>b 
son'^'^'^ttces it to a proper thinness of consistence. 
- ■ ® of tire hiv ....... 
■''‘fters — i i‘^‘tgthening their hexagonal 
Puts i, iaying the foundations of new ones. When 
V-,. , 'ts hpriH T Uitln „ — II Is . . -I . 
% * ^'ts it L o'c lounaauons oi new ones. When 
cell, it may easily be 
Ij.'t I- , O sci-nno il.a Ifl, .1 :„s. . r it . ■ 
!ti's <let*anu ‘''^® points of its teeth, in 
1 ( " 
detank * ■* 
ii IbCs • oseless and irregular fragments as may 
in the -«-ork. " ' ' 
'ip, n 3 pin’* 
“ die v,,,„ s„ 
Of these fragments it forms a 
head, comes out of the cell. 
‘"'Other part of the work where it is 
vi. be,. ^ Sooner leaves the cell, than it is succeeded by 
file performs the same office ; and in this 
sUM Work ■ ■ ' • ■ ■ 
is carried on till the ccU is completely 
' '"e des.gned for different purposes, some being 
«fils 
