AXAXVI 
¢ The entire remaing third part of the divided 
foundation, fticking to part of another cell. 
123456 The fix fides and angles or corners 
of the cell, as they mutually anfwered one 
to another. 
bl Gy: 
Fifteen regular hexagonal cells, cut lengthwife on 
each fide. 
c The lone cells. 
ab ‘The upper cells. 
d The common foundation of the upper and 
lower cells, cut off. 
eeee The thorter fides of the cells. 
SF fF The longer fides of the cells. 
g The third part of a triangular foundation 
floping inwards, in its natural fituation. 
Fol GeV. 
A building, confifting of a great many cells for 
the reception of males and females, in order to 
foew in what particulars the faid cells differ 
one from another, and from the cells of the 
working Bees. 
o The cell, or little houfe, of a female Bee, 
falfly called a king-Bee. This cell refembles 
a pear, is irregularly built, with hollows 
here and there on its external furface, and is 
placed above the other cells. 
¢ Cells of male Bees, one third bigger than 
thofe of the working Bees. They are here 
reprefented fomewhat bigger than nature, 
the better to thew the difference. 
d The triangular foundation of the faid cells, 
which appear the better by removing the 
cells themfelves. 
e Triangular cavities, formed each by three 
fimilar cells of an oppofite fide or row, that 
are built one againft another. Thefe cavities 
receive the bottoms of the cells of the faid 
fide or row, in the fame manner with the 
cavities in the conftructions of the working 
Bee, already taken notice of. 
Two cells, whofe fore edges are fo covered 
and faftened with wax, that their hexagonal 
form cannot be feen. 
g Four very irregular cells, forming a founda- 
tion for the king’s cell. Thefe four cells 
ferve, perhaps, no other purpofe but that 
of keeping honey. 
Pies sv 1: 
Four regular cells of the working Bees, built one 
clofe to another, after fuch a manner, that they 
all flick to one common or intermediate founda- 
tion, at the fame time that five of them le fo 
the right, and the other five to the left. 
a Five cells belonging toone fide. Thefe cells 
taken together are an inch long, are joined 
to each other by their fides; and their bot- 
toms lie contiguous to, and fupport, the 
A Short Explanation of the TABLES. 
cells of the oppofite fide. 
6 Five cells of the oppofite fide, of the fame 
length with the former, and united to, and 
fupporting them in the fame manner. 
cc The intermediate foundation, that ferves as 
a common bottom to the cells on each fide: 
PaloG.o VIF. 
_ A jingle, regular, hexagonal cell of a working 
Bee, divided into three parts; the better to 
Joew in what form they are confiruéted. 
aaa Three longitudinal feements of a cell, 
each of which contains two fides and one | 
arigle. 
123 The three undivided corners formed by 
the fides of the cell. 
44, 55, 66 ‘The three divided angles that were 
formed by the feparated fides. 
6 The bottom of the cell, divided in like man- 
ner into three parts; thefe parts united form 
a hollow triangular floping foundation. We 
may here fee, how every two fides of a cell 
form one part of a triangular bottom. 
Ek Geely 
Nineteen regular hexagonal cells built clofe to one 
another, as they appear on their back parts. 
a6 The manner in which the cells of one 
fide are laid out, fo as to form every 
three of them, by the union of their three 
bafes, 1 2 3, a hollow, which ferves as a 
foundation for a cell on the oppofite fide. 
For this reafon, if you run pins through the 
three parts of 1 2 3 of the bottom of one 
cell, one pin through each part, every pin 
will penetrate into a different cell of the op- | 
pofite fide. And on the other hand, on 
running pins through the bottoms of three 
contiguous cells of the oppofite fide, in that 
part where the faid bottoms lie neareft to 
each other, thefe pins will all meet in one 
cell. 
FIG. IX. Letter 3 : 
The cell of a female Bee reprefented by itfelf, to 
exhibit the more difiinctly its pear-fbape form, 
narrow mouth, fpacious bottom, its length, and 
the unevenne/s of its external furface. 
FreG. Xx. 
A building, confifting of nineteen cells, eighteen 
of which contain the rudiments of Bees. Nine 
of thefe eighteen cells have got in them eggs, . 
placed on their ends, and four others contain 
young worms, that have but lately hed their 
Skins; the five remaining cells contain Worms 
a-little bigger, and better grown. Of thefe 
loft, that marked with letter a is the largeft, 
alec. 
