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NEW OPINIONS ON WAX. 
into absolute inaction- Therefore* in 
Exp* 2, All the combs formerly 
made ware removed, and the bees re¬ 
turned to their hive, and again confined 
with a new portion of honey. The 
experiment was not tedious. From 
the eve ling of the subseqm r.Kday the 
bees were observed working in waic 
anew, and on the third day, other five 
combs were formed in the hive, as re® 
- gular as those they had made during 
their first imprisonment. 
The combs were removed five times 
successively, but always under the pre¬ 
caution of the escape of the bees from 
the apartment being prevented# 0a 
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