
I 36 ‘The Hiftory of Bees. 
in Bulk and Gravity; fo that the Body of 
the Bee feemed duly poifed, and the Flight 
not in the leaft obftructed by any Inequali- 
‘ties. é 
Here have I found it at other Times; and — 
once ] took away eight Pieces together, and - 
I knew that it was Wax, and nothing elfe. 
Will not this pafs for Demonftration ?' Some, 
who have wrote. upon thefe Infeéts, have 
-obferved, when the Bees return to their — 
Hives laden with Wax, in order to difbur- 
den themfelves, they give notice to their 
Companions, when three or four come, and 
take each a {mall Quantity of the Wax with 
their Jaws; and after them feveral others, 
who take their Share of the Lading, till no 
more remains; and then thefe Porters go 
back into the Fields to fetch more.* A 
Bee at work on the Combs, requiring Ho- 
ney, it is offered her by another coming ~ 
Home, and fhe receives it with her Trunk 
without fpilling. For what Reafon (Ho-— 
_ ney being at Hand) I know not. 
I only reply; I believe not the Report, — 
(tho’ it might be that Author’s Opinion) 
fince all my Obfervations of Bees have 
never difcovered any fuch Practice among 
them. | 
And tho’ I am far from affirming it as 
Matter of Fact, yet I propofe itas my hum- 
ble Opinion, that thofe very Bees that ga- 
: ther 
* Bradley, p.-240, 247. 
