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the hive. In the course of a few minutes, the Bees 
partook of the pollen, devoured it greedily, attached 
themselves to the cells of the young larva, into 
which they entered head foremost, and remained in 
them for a greater or less time. The hive was gent- 
ly raised, and the Bees which devoured the pollen 
were powdered, and it was observed that the Bees 
which were powdered returned to the pollen, and 
then again repaired to the brood, and entered into 
the cells of the larva. On the 23d, the royal cells 
were begun. On the 24th, it was observed that all 
the larva had some mucous matter upon them, that 
some of the cells had been lately closed, and that 
the royal cells had been elongated. On the 26th, 
two royal cells had been closed during the night. On 
the 27th, full liberty was given to the Bees ; the mu- 
cous matter was still found in the cells, which con- 
tained larva, and a greater number had been closed 
with a covering of w'ax, and on opening several of 
them, the larva were found spinning their cocoon. 
After this experiment, no further doubt can be enter- 
tained, that the pollen was the food of the young 
Bees, and it was the deficiency of this substance that 
^used their death, and the evident agitation of the 
Bees, during their former captivity.” 
CHAP. XMI. 
On Wax. 
We have before observed, that propolis is not 
wax, neither is pollen, wax ; but that both form the 
basis of wax, through the operations of the Bees, 
which are inexplicable to us. The great variety of 
sentiment upon this subject, began as early as the 
days of Aristotle, and continues down to our times, 
and will most probably continue. Messrs. Huber 
