NEW OPINIONS ON WAX. Y7 
Although the external difference he 
inconsiderable, there is not an imagi- 
nary'distinction. Experiments have 
ascertained that one of the species can¬ 
not fulfill all the functions shared a- 
mong the bees of a hive. Those o 
each class was painted with differ¬ 
ent: colours, and they were not inter¬ 
changed. In another experiment, after 
supplying a hive deprived of a queen, 
with brood and pollen, the small bees 
were quickly occupied with nutrition 
of the IcirvcB , while the wax workers 
neglected them. 
When hives are full of combs, the 
wax workers disgorge their honey into 
the ordinary magazines, making no 
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