Of the Bees Works, &e. . BOY 
rent like cum; three upon one fide, and three upon the 
other, appearing to the eye equal in bulk and gravi- 
ty ; fo that the body of the Bee feemed duly poifed, and 
the flight not in the leaftobftruGed by any inequalities. 
Here have I found it at other times ; and once I took 
away eight pieces together, and I knew that it was wax, 
and nothing elfe. Will not this pafs for demonftration? 
fome, who haye wrote upon thefe infects, have obferved, 
when the Bees return to their hives laden with wax, in 
order to difburden themfelves, they g've notice to their 
companions, when three or four come, and take each a 
fmall quantity of the wax with their jaws; and after 
them feveral others, who take their fhare of the lading, 
till no more remains; and then thefe porters go back in- 
to the fields to fetch more.* A Bee at werk on the 
combs, requiring honey, it is offered her by another 
coming home, and fhe receives it with her trunk with- 
out fpilling, .For what reafon (honey ni at eee A 
know not. 
I only reply, I believe not the report, (tho’ it edpht 
be that author’s opinion) fince all my obfervations ’ af 
Bees have never difcovered any fuch practice among 
them. 
And tho’ I am far from affirming it as matter of fa@, 
yet I propofe it as my humble opinion, that thofe very 
Bees that gather the wax, do alfo themfelves manufac 
ture, and frame it intocombs. It feems to me moft rea- 
fonable fo to think. But I leave every reader to -his 
ewn judgment. | 
| CHAR, 
® Bradley, p. 240, 247, 
