The Natural History of Insects Illustrated By Numerous Engravings First Serie
The Natural History of Insects Illustrated By Numerous Engravings First Serie
James Rennie
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It appeared that the cells had not the necessary depth, and that the grubs, finding themselves too much hampered for room, had pushed roughly against the lids, from which they had detached pieces of various sizes. It was in- 80 NATURAL HISTORY. [CH. IV. teresting to watch what steps the bees would take in this emergency. Bonnet expected to find that they would have taken the grubs out of the cells, as they do when the combs happen to be greatly de- ranged; but in this he was deceived, and he fo...und that he had by no means correctly calculated the resources which instinct placed at their command. They did not take out a single grub; they left them all in the cells which they occupied: but because the cells were not deep enough, they shut them up with lids somewhat more convex than usual; and thus found means to add to each cell the depth which it wanted. In this manner the grubs were placed at their ease; no openings were afterward perceived in the lids ; only the interval between the comb and the glass hive was by this means so nar- rowed that the bees could hardly pass through it.
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