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ficient Quantities of Wax, formed inte fe- 
veral large Combs. -On the contrary it is 
certain, that when they carry in moft abun- ° 
dantly ‘of the faid Matter, they collect the 
lefs Wax; and the Reafon is plain: The new 
Swarms want the Wax, and the old. Stocks 
want Food and Nourifhment for their 
Young. . 
‘This might fuffice to Leer fa any Perfon 
(who i is not prejudiced or prepoffefied,) that 
thisisnot Wax. Yet I will (ex abundanti) add 
a further Proof. For feveral Seafons after 
I became a Bee-Mafter, I was very defirous 
and diligent to find out how, or where, they 
brought home their Wax, well knowing 
that grofs Matter to be of a very contrary 
Nature, and applied to fome other Ufe, 
but was not able, for a confiderable Time, 
to enter into the Secret. 
At laft, viewing a Hive of Bees very 
bufy at Labour, I obferved one Bee among 
the reft, as the fixed upon the alighting 
Place, of an unufual Appearance; upon 
which I feized her dire@tly, before fhe had 
time to enter the Hive; where,.with.a 
very fenfible Pleafure, I found what I had 
(till then) been in vain fearching for, Upon 
the Belly of this Bee, within. the. Plaits, 
wete fixed no lefs thant fix Pieces of folid 
Wax, perfectly white and tranfparent. like 
Gum; three upon. one Side, and. three 
upon the other, appearing to the Eye equal 
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