510 MISCF.LLANF.OUS WONDERS OF N.ATUKF- 
emnloA'ed for the accutrralailon and pre.servaUon ° 
-i- • Ptvps. d 0‘' (in' 
lyji L.iv, , . ^ . . 
>vhite '.n others th.e female deposit.? her eggs, | r 
worms are hatched, to remain in the cells until ,tiiie 
rr,, J.„.,es 
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translbrraation into winged insects. The . 
are larger than the common or working bees ; _ A 
N ■ 1 , ctili * 
aft: JlUS^VI lllCUi VllC V.;i Y> .... , • \ f3f ■ 
or mother of the hive, is much larger than 
de.stined for the lodging of a male or feniaie_ 
therefore be considerably larger than the cell ot ■ gf 
v.'orkiug bees. Those destined for the ^yliio' <1 
working bees are far more numerous than those (j^. 
males are lodged. The honey-cells are always n* , . li j, 
others. When 
and more capacious than 
the 
a mine capacious luau me omo,.,. • - 
lected is so abund.int that the receptacles 
coO'4 
coaccLCU ,s au aouiimmi o.u, w,., 
the bees lengthen, and consequently deepen tne , glub i- 
' ’- - empty hive, displayed'* 
LJ . . _ 1.1 thy . 
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Bees, when placed in an 
sagacity, as -well in their mode of working, a® ''c„tely hiy’ 
tiisk ' 
tion and division of their labour. They 
to lay the foundations of their combs, a tas 
e.secute with surprising quickness and alacrity, 
having begun to construct one comb, they a 
into two or three companies, each of which, “ p;. 
llliu twu U1 liUCV3 VVHll^muiV .'ij \.Liwn \JX ' 
part of die hive, is occupied with the 
division of the task, a greater number of bees 
a greater numuer u. 
ment at the same time, and, consequently, ^ ad'I/" 
1 n-i ^r-iiery^v . 
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work is sooner finished. The combs are gene ‘ 
in a direction parallel to each other, an ifte’'- 
being always left between them, that the b?e- d>*‘^pt , 
free passage, and an easy communication gb . 
combs in tiie hive. These streets are wide jdes,, 
two bees to pass each other ; and there are, ^jjjeifl*^ ^ 
round cros.s passages, always covered , to slicrten ^ 
when work in;.:;. „,,fry 
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By the means of tlieir hinder thighs, 
iiives grc'.at quantities ot llie tarina or chi.st ot f 
after 
their 
illectr-t'' ..ttJ 
liar iug been tints industriously 
food, mid is, by an animal process, 
wax. I'hi.s digestive process, which is 
formation of that 
substance, is earned ou i j ' 
stomach, and perhap.? in the intestines ot 
ivAi.i'if r\^ tl.io «^tcr‘mTnr\.'- i<% ClU®> J ^ 
to whom the merit of tliis discovery is ol 
certained that all the cells in a hive are e 
reception of honey, and for depositing ‘ 
