
Of the Bees Works, &c. 127 
ean never be equalled, much lefs exceeded, 
by. the greateft Artift among Mankind. 
: But the firft Thing here that. demands 
our Attention, are the Materials of which 
“this noble Fabrick is compofed. — 
Some Ancients were of Opinion, that 
fome tough and glutinous: Matter (they 
knew not what) was the Foundation of 
their Work. And.I find fome of. our Mo- 
derns inclining to the fame Opinion. Mr. 
* Bradley fays, that they may fix their Work at 
‘the Top of the Hive with more Solidity; 
they ufe a tempered Wax, almoft like Glue.*. 
Bees gather two Sorts of Wax ;: one ‘brown 
“and gluey, which ferves to ftop the Holes, 
and fix the Honey-Combs to the Hive;) the 
other for building their Cells. 
~A later Writer has told the World, that 
the Materials are compofed of nothing but 
Glue and Wax, which they extract from 
various Flowers. Had he faid the Ma- 
terials had been Wax, he had been: neater: 
-toothe Truth. 
» Whatever ‘thefe, or any other Cleubtehrvent 
"may fancy or affirm, I do upon the falleft: 
Evidence declare, that the ‘Combs; both in 
their’ F oundation and Superftragture,: are: 
- framed of nothing but pure WaxyerE: dare 
| appeal to any judicious and impartial Perfon,. 
Big who sh but: make whe ‘for: slic! Truths. 
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© Bradley's Hufbandry, p. 225, 238. + Nat. Delkin. 
B97, 103, 104. | 


