CONSTRUCTION OF THE BASES. 
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the bees hasten to reduce the length of the cells, 
in order that they may be fit for receiving the 
eggs which the queen is about to deposit, and 
thus the original width of the streets of the little 
city is restored. 
The construction of the bases, and the manner 
in which they fit into each other, are shown in 
the following figures. 
1. Cluster of cells from one sido of the comb. 2. Plan of the bot- 
tom of the cells. 3. Plan of the tops of three cells of one range, to 
show that by a combination of one plane from each, the bottom of a 
single opposite cell is formed. 4. Four cells, three on one side, and 
one on the opposite side, showing tho manner in which they join. 
6. Sectional plan of two tiers of colls. 
