
128 The Hiftory of Bess. 
of what I aflert: Let it but be examined 
_by Fire, or in any other Method, and, it 
will be found to be Wax, and nothing but 
Wax. i vee 3 1Cray 
The Manner in which the Edifice is 
carried on and accomplifhed, together with 
its Form, comes next to be confidered. 
‘Their Manner of building is greatly different 
from that of the Wafps, as well as the Ma- 
terials.qo" roi he 
The Wafps build their Combs horizon- 
tally, placing them one above another, «in 
feveral Stories, fupported by numerous and 
ftrong Pillars; in which, and all their other 
Works, they ufe the utmoft Application and 
‘Difpatch. — . Beet 
But the delightful Bees build their Combs 
“perpendicularly in a right Line, hanging 
from the Summit, or Top of the Hive, 
down to the Bottom. od a ae 
They lay the Foundation of every Comb 
‘at the Top, or upper Part of the Hive, 
and carry it down to the Floor, from Side — 
to Side, faftening every Comb to fomething — 
folid, and able to fupport it. id, : 
How they manufacture the Wax, fix it 
to the Hive, and fafhion it in fo curiousa | 
“Manner into Combs and Cells, we: cannot _ 
‘eafily account for. Yet we fee they are 
perfect Matters of their Art, and underftand | 
how to temper the Wax by Heat, or by 
fome other means mollifying or making it 
| pliable, 
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