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The Fairy-Land of Science
·
Arabella B. Buckley
176
Meanwhile
the
bees
which
have
been
gathering
honey
out
of
doors
begin
to
come
back
laden.
But
they
cannot
store
their
honey,
for
there
are
no
cells
made
yet
to
put
it
in;
neither
can
they
build
combs
with
the
rest,
for
they
have
no
wax
in
their
wax-pockets.
So
they
just
go
and
hang
quietly
on
to
the
other
bees,
and
there
they
remain
for
twenty-four
hours,
during
which
time
they
digest
the
honey
they
have
gathered,
and
part
of
it
forms
wax
and
oozes
out
from
the
scales
under
their
body.
Then
they
are
prepared
to
join
the
others
at
work
and
plaster
wax
on
to
the
hive.
Week
26
And
now,
as
soon
as
a
rough
lump
of
wax
is
ready,
another
set
of
bees
come
to
do
their
work.
These
are
called
the
nursing
bees,
because
they
prepare
the
cells
and
feed
the
young
ones.
One
of
these
bees,
standing
on
the
roof
of
the
hive,
begins
to
force
her
head
into
the
wax,
biting
with
her
jaws
and
moving
her
head
to
and
fro.
Soon
she
has
made
the
beginning
of
a
round
hollow,
and
then
she
passes
on
to
make
another,
while
a
second
bee
takes
her
place
and
enlarges
the
first
one.
As
many
as
twenty
bees
will
be
employed
in
this
way,
one
after
another,
upon
each
hole
before
it
is
large
enough
for
the
base
of
a
cell.
Meanwhile
another
set
of
nursing
bees
have
been
working
just
in
the
same
way
on
the
other
side
of
the
wax,
and
so
a
series
of
hollows
are
made
back
to
back
all
over
the
comb.
Then
the
bees
form
the
walls
of
the
cells
and
soon
a
number
of
six-sided
tubes,
about
half
an
inch
deep,
stand
all
along
each
side
of
the
comb
ready
to
receive
honey
or
bee-eggs.
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