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THE HONEY-MAKERS. 
their honey-jars of it, but this is not usually the 
case. 
The honey and wax are of the same origin and 
nature as in the case of the hive bee. 
A nest is occupied but one year ; all the in- 
genious and delicate arrangements perish, and the 
few females that have survived the frosts of win- 
ter must commence a house in some new place 
and with fresh materials. How wonderful is that 
instinct which directs them ! With no experience 
to teach them, they build their first and last dwell- 
ing with as much accuracy and skill as if they 
had lived many seasons, and profited by all labors 
of the past. Though God has given to the bee 
such powers, how much nobler those which he has 
conferred upon us, and how great is our obligation 
to Him who made us in his own image. 
The Carder Bee. 
The nest of the carder bee is often found 
by mowers in the open fields and meadows, and 
it is sometimes seen in banks, and among moss- 
grown stones. It is composed of a dome of 
withered grass or moss, placed over a shallow hole 
