NEW OPINIONS ON WAX. 
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Wax is produced from lionet /,— 
Exp . I. On the 24th of May, a 
swarm, which had just left the parent 
stock, was lodged in. a straw hive* 
with as much hoiey and water as was 
necessary for the consumption of the 
bees, and the entrance was closed, so 
as to prevent all possibility of their 
escape, leaving access for the renewal 
of the air.—After five days captivi¬ 
ty, the bees were allowed to take 
flight in a close apartment. They had 
consumed their whole provisions ol 
honey, and their hive, which did not 
eon fain a particle of w ax when they 
were established in it, had oov$ ae« 
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