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powder fcattered from the antherac of flowers, and 
from this the wax or comb is made. 
Apis Muse arum. Humming Bee. 
Thefe nearly all perifh in the winter: a few females 
furvive. 
Each female haftily puts together a little nefl of 
mofs, in the midfl of a meadow. The vaulted roof 
proves a fecurity againfl rain, and the flooring, 
which is alfo of mofs, preferves from dampnels. 
The bee collects unwrought wax and. honey, of 
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which flie compofes a fmall lump, and therein depo- 
fits a few eggs. 
The bees produced affifl in enlarging the nefl, 
which is exceedingly curious. 
The humming bees,. though armed with a dange¬ 
rous fling, are not ha fly to ufe it, fo that it is poflible 
to enjoy the pleafure of feeing them at work in 
building ; but as it mufl be at the expence of much 
trouble and vexation to the poor in feels, (who have 
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already conflru£led their habitation) it is better to 
read the description given by a perfon, who removed 
a nefl for the purpofe of cbferving the procefs. 
“ The bees will be feen to form themfelves into a 
chain, from their nefl to the place where the mofs 
has been laid. The foremofl lays hold of lome 
with her teeth,- clears it bit by bit with her feet, 
F 3- * (which 
