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The Fairy-Land of Science
·
Arabella B. Buckley
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You
can
see
the
shape
of
these
cells
in
c,d,
Fig.
56,
and
notice
how
closely
they
fit
into
each
other.
Even
the
ends
are
so
shaped
that,
as
they
lie
back
to
back,
the
bottom
of
one
cell
(B,
Fig.
56)
fits
into
the
space
between
the
ends
of
three
cells
meeting
it
from
the
opposite
side
(A,
Fig.
56),
while
they
fit
into
the
spaces
around
it.
Upon
this
plan
the
clever
little
bees
fill
every
atom
of
space,
use
the
least
possible
quantity
of
wax,
and
make
the
cells
lie
so
closely
together
that
the
whole
comb
is
kept
warm
when
the
young
bees
are
in
it.
There
are
some
kinds
of
bees
who
do
not
live
in
hives,
but
each
one
builds
a
home
of
its
own.
These
bees
-
such
as
the
upholsterer
bee,
which
digs
a
hole
in
the
earth
and
lines
it
with
flowers
and
leaves,
and
the
mason
bee,
which
builds
in
walls
-
do
not
make
six-sided
cells,
but
round
ones,
for
room
is
no
object
to
them.
But
nature
has
gradually
taught
the
little
hive-bee
to
build
its
cells
more
and
more
closely,
till
they
fit
perfectly
within
each
other.
If
you
make
a
number
of
round
holes
close
together
in
a
soft
substance,
and
then
squeeze
the
substance
evenly
from
all
sides,
the
rounds
will
gradually
take
a
six-sided
form,
showing
that
this
is
the
closest
shape
into
which
they
can
be
compressed.
Although
the
bee
does
not
know
this,
yet
as
gnaws
away
every
bit
of
wax
that
can
be
spared
she
brings
the
holes
into
this
shape.
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