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gvee of warmth which is necessary for comb-building 
is produced by the clustering together of the bees.— 
Tbeir animal heat, when they collect together in a mas 3 
is sufficient for this purpose. Hence wc are able to un- 
derstand why it is they cluster very compactly together 
and remain quiet for the most part for several days af- 
ter swarming, when the foundations are to be laid, and 
comb is to be built in their new home. The comb is 
built the most rapidly during the night, when all are at 
home, because the temperature is then the highest, or 
the animal heat is the greatest. It is observed that 
the temperature of the hive is at a higher point during 
the season of comb- building, than at any other time — 
Ihe naked hand placed upon the glass will be sufficient 
to convince any one of the fact, without the aid of a 
thermometer. They have the power of increasing or 
concentrating their own animal heat whenever itis nec- 
essary for the purposes just specified. 
MEMBERS OP THE FAMILY. 
A colony or swarm of Bees is composed of the Queen, 
* c ic?i ei j s ’ ?, n< ^ Drones. Each has distinct offices 
to ful fill, and all are important in their bearing upon the 
welfare of the society, or body politic which they form. 
1 hey never revolt. They remain true to their organi- 
zation, until death separates them. 
The Queen is the mother of the whole family, of 
which she by instinct and by common consent is consti- 
tuted the head. She is distinguished from the other 
bees both by her shape, color, and size. Sbe is larger 
every way than the common worker, and longer even 
than the drone, and different in her proportions from 
either. The rings of the abdomen are less fully devel- 
oped, or less visible. She has a more delicate structure 
than the drone, is more wasp like in her appearance, 
with an abdomen more nicely tapered, or pointed at its 
extremity. She is of a darker color upon the back 
especially upon the back part of the abdomen, than 
j wor ^ e r or drone. Upon the lower side of 
the abdomen she presents a yellowish, or semi-orange 
