78 jNIEW OPINIONS ON WAX. 
wa.xj but if they want a reservoir for 
its reception, and if the queen does 
not find cells ready made, wherein to 
deposit her eggs, they retain the ho¬ 
ney in their stomach, and in 24 hours, 
wax exudes through the rings. 
When the wax workers are about 
to construct combs they cluster to¬ 
gether, and hang down in the form 
of curtains. The foundation, o£ a comb, 
says an observer, is laid by one sin¬ 
gle bee, after which, others succeed, 
it, till the comb is large enough to 
allow several architects to work on 
it at once. The wax worker first ex¬ 
tracts a scale with its hind pair of 
legs, brings it to its mouth, and after 
