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pushes it on in the same manner to the* 
third, and so on till it is conveyed to the 
nest. If the line of bees shonld not 
reach from the bank of moss to the nest, 
they again place themselves in the same 
order, and beginning where the first line 
ended, they repeat the same manoeuvre 
till a sufficient quantity of moss has been 
provided. 
laucy. How delighted the person must 
have been who first observed this manner 
of building the nest! Do the carders lay 
by any honey, as the hive bees do ? 
Mother, In each nest, there is gene- 
rally four or five cells of very good 
honey ; the cells are considerably larger 
than what we find in hives, and are made 
of a much coarser kind of wax. When 
mo wet's find them in a meadow, they 
suck the honey, and find it very palat- 
able. 
Lucy. If the humble bees have any 
enemies, they must be an easy prey, 
building as they do on the ground. 
Mother, They, like all other creatures. 
