Popular British Entomology Containing a Familiar And Technical Description of T
Popular British Entomology Containing a Familiar And Technical Description of T
Maria E Catlow
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As soon as the plants begin to flower, Bees are in motion for the purpose of collecting honey and wax, the former of which is a sweet limpid juice found in the nectaries of flowers, the latter is a secretion from the body of the work- ing Bees. These different materials, being brought to the hive, are received by the labourers in waiting, who form cells of the wax, which serve as storehouses for the honey, and nests for the young. The honey is partly distributed for 72 POPULAR, ENTOMOLOGY. pres...ent food to the inhabitants, and the remainder laid up for winter consumption. The form of the cells is an interest- ing proof of instinct : as there is no great space in a hive which is to accommodate so many thousand insects, and as, also, the Bees do not secrete a great quantity of wax, the saving of both space and material is an object of considera- tion; consequently, every Bee is endowed with instinct which places her high on the list of geometricians, as the cells are precisely of that form which ensures both saving of space and material.
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