B 
NEW OPINIONS ON WAX. 
impregnating it with a frothy kind of 
liquid therefrom, discharges it in a 
soft state, and with this substance 
builds the comb. 
CHAP. IX. 
SENSES OF BEES. 
Sight, feeling, smell, and taste, 
are the senses commonly ascribed to 
beesi for hitherto we have no proof 
that they enjoy the sense of hearingf 
although a custom prevalent in some 
parts of the country, seems to sup¬ 
port an opinion that they do: via, the 
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