HONEY BEE. 255 
new hive they divide themselves into four 
parties, one of which rove the fields in 
search of materials ; another company, 
after running up and down the hive, 
and stopping every little crevice through 
which air could penetrate, begin to lay 
the foundation of the cells ; a third set 
of workers polish up and finish all that 
the others have begun ; and the fourth 
party bring home food to those that have 
been labouring in the hive. 
Lucy, But how can they carry food ? 
Dp not bees live on honey ? 
Mother, Bees are provided with two 
stomachs ; in one they carry the purest 
honey, which they suck from flowers 
with their trunks, and which is to be 
stored up in the cells ; and into the other 
stomach they put the farina of flowers, 
and the honey necessary for their food. 
Lucy, What is farina ? 
Mother, In the inside of flowers you 
may recollect to have seen some yellow 
or orange-coloured powder ; this dust is 
calledyar/wa. 
