Of Bees, 
In Floors and making Honey ftich a. pride 
They have, by which their Lives away da 
glide. QVirgil.^j 
Then may you difcern the ends of their 
Combs filled with tranfparent Nectar, but 
from that time they work not in making 
Combs nor yet in breeding. 
Some have been of opinion, that by the 
light of thefe tranfparent Hives, thefe in- 
duftrious Creatures do frame their work 
with more expedition and delight. To 
which I may anfwer, That in the darkeft 
Cells or Caves they lhape their Combs as 
curioufly and artificially as in the moft 
lightlome : And that in thefe that are 
tranfparent, the numerous labourers do fo 
much obfeure their work, that you would 
think the Light of fmall advantage to them. 
Therefore Glaft for that purpole is of no 
great ufe. 
It is likevvile fuppofed that Bees take 
much pleafure in the Light of thefe Hives, 
and fo are thereby the more prompted to 
Induftry: Whether that be fo or not is 
difficult to determine. 
But it is probable that an Hive made 
with large Squares of fine French or Dutch 
Qlals, which is more tranfparent than the 
C 3 Englilh, 
