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The Fairy-Land of Science
·
Arabella B. Buckley
178
As
soon
as
one
comb
is
finished,
the
bees
begin
another
by
the
side
of
it,
leaving
a
narrow
lane
between,
just
broad
enough
for
two
bees
to
pass
back
to
back
as
they
crawl
along,
and
so
the
work
goes
on
till
the
hive
is
full
of
combs.
As
soon,
however,
as
a
length
of
about
five
or
six
inches
of
the
first
comb
has
been
made
into
cells,
the
bees
which
are
bringing
home
honey
no
longer
hang
to
make
it
into
wax,
but
begin
to
store
it
in
the
cells.
We
all
know
where
the
bees
go
to
fetch
their
honey,
and
how,
when
a
bee
settles
on
a
flower,
she
thrusts
into
it
her
small
tongue-like
proboscis,
which
is
really
a
lengthened
under-lip,
and
sucks
out
the
drop
of
honey.
This
she
swallows,
passing
it
down
her
throat
into
a
honey-bag
or
first
stomach,
which
lies
between
her
throat
and
her
real
stomach,
and
when
she
gets
back
to
the
hive
she
can
empty
this
bag
and
pass
honey
back
through
her
mouth
again
into
the
honey-cells.
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