132 The Hiftory of Bers. 
to which they have recourfe upon Oceafion. 
Finally, the Wax in the Cells which: at 
firft is of different Colours, is always white 
immediately after the Honey-Combs ‘are 
built.* _ How has this Author in’ this Ac- 
count betrayed his great Ignorance, and 
abufed his Reader ? ioc 
_ That fuch Quantities of Wax are“depo- 
fited in the empty Cells, I never, thro’ fo 
long an Acquaintance with Bees, could ‘ob- 
ferve, and know it is a great Miftake; nei- 
\ther is the Wax, as gathered by the Bees, 
of different Colours, but always white, and 
the flighteft Examination would have been 
fafficient to have convinced him he was in 
an Error; nay the Diverfity of the Colours 
alone, if attended to, would have done it. 
And as there is fo manifeft and greatia | 
Contrariety in Nature between Duft and 
Wax, it muift be an unpardonable Weak- | 
nefs in fuch a Profeffor thus to confound 
them. That the Wax placed in the Cells | 
fhould be of fuch various Colours; and © 
immediately (when formed into Combs) | 
- white, is very {trange, and unaccountable, * 
In this Article we alfo find a modern | 
French Author guilty of the fame Error, | 
telling us they always keep a confiderable _ 
Stock of this in Referve, colle& it in their | 
Hair, with which their Bodies are plenti-— 
_ fully covered over, and it is agreeable to fee 
them 
* Bradley, p. 239, 243. 


