
oft thé Bees Work, &e. 129 
‘pliable; and fit for their Purpofe, and to ane 
fwerivery noble and valuable Ends. 
_ The: principal »Implement employed in 
fabricating their Combs, appears very plainly 
‘thro’: the Glaffes, to be their Mouths or 
: ‘Jaws. I. have frequently been a diligent 

Spectator at fuch Times, yet. either thro’ 
the Number of Bees about it, the continual 
Motion, feeming Confufion, or elfe the Ex- 
pedition, and quick Operation with which 
their Work. is carried on and finifhed, I ne- 
ver have been able to enter into the Secret. and 
‘therefore muft let it pafs as impenetrable, 
~ Dr, Butler obferves that the artificial Cells, 
lachich ferve both for Store-houfes for their 
Treafure, and Nefts or Nurferies to breed 
their Young, are made of Matter they ga- 
ther from Flowers, and wrought into 
Combs; but done fo nimbly, that it can {carce 
be perceived. 
Thefe Cells fure may be efteemed to be 
-one of the moft furprizing and exquifite Pieces 
°of Workmanthip. They are all Hexagons, 
“built on both Sides of the Comb; but a 
Cell on one Side is not placed direGly 
-againft a Cell upon the oppofite Side; but 
 *the Bafis of a Cell on this Side, ace to 
three third Parts of the hexagonal Bafis, of 
» three contiguous Cells on the other Side, 
» meeting all in a right Angle in the Center 
ee the. Lem Bottom, which ferve both 
illo | 
ae 
~~ eo 
