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The Fairy-Land of Science
·
Arabella B. Buckley
174
If
these
bees
were
left
to
themselves,
they
would
find
a
home
after
a
time
in
a
hollow
tree,
or
under
the
roof
of
a
house,
or
in
some
other
cavity,
and
begin
to
build
their
honeycomb
there.
But
as
we
do
not
wish
to
lose
their
honey
we
will
bring
a
hive,
and,
holding
it
under
the
swarm,
shake
the
bough
gently
so
that
the
bees
fall
into
it,
and
cling
to
the
sides
as
we
turn
it
over
on
a
piece
of
clean
linen,
on
the
stand
where
the
hive
is
to
be.
And
now
let
us
suppose
that
we
are
able
to
watch
what
is
going
on
in
the
hive.
Before
five
minutes
are
over
the
industrious
little
insects
have
begun
to
disperse
and
to
make
arrangements
in
their
new
home.
A
number
(perhaps
about
two
thousand)
of
large,
lumbering
bees
of
a
darker
colour
than
the
rest,
will
it
is
true,
wander
aimlessly
about
the
hive,
and
wait
for
the
others
to
feed
them
and
house
them;
but
these
are
the
drones,
or
male
bees
(3,
Fig.
54),
who
never
do
any
work
except
during
one
or
two
days
in
their
whole
lives.
But
the
smaller
working
bees
(1,
Fig.
54)
begin
to
be
busy
at
once.
Some
fly
off
in
search
of
honey.
Others
walk
carefully
all
round
the
inside
of
the
hive
to
see
if
there
are
any
cracks
in
it;
and
if
there
are,
they
go
off
to
the
horse-chestnut
trees,
poplars,
hollyhocks,
or
other
plants
which
have
sticky
buds,
and
gather
a
kind
of
gum
called
"propolis,"
with
which
they
cement
the
cracks
and
make
them
air-tight.
Others
again,
cluster
round
one
bee
(2,
Fig.
54)
blacker
than
the
rest
and
having
a
longer
body
and
shorter
wings;
for
this
is
the
queen-bee,
the
mother
of
the
hive,
and
she
must
be
watched
and
tended.
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