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The Fairy-Land of Science
·
Arabella B. Buckley
187
Although
the
hive
has
now
become
comparatively
quiet
and
the
work
goes
on
without
excitement,
yet
every
single
bee
is
employed
in
some
way,
either
out
of
doors
or
about
the
hive.
Besides
the
honey
collectors
and
the
nurses,
a
certain
number
of
bees
are
told
off
to
ventilate
the
hive.
You
will
easily
understand
that
where
so
many
insects
are
packed
closely
together
the
heat
will
become
very
great,
and
the
air
impure
and
unwholesome.
And
the
bees
have
no
windows
that
they
can
open
to
let
in
fresh
air,
so
they
are
obliged
to
fan
it
in
from
the
one
opening
of
the
hive.
The
way
in
which
they
do
this
is
very
interesting.
Some
of
the
bees
stand
close
to
the
entrance,
with
their
faces
towards
it,
and
opening
their
wings,
so
as
to
make
them
into
fans,
they
wave
them
to
and
fro,
producing
a
current
of
air.
Behind
these
bees,
and
all
over
the
floor
of
the
hive,
there
stand
others,
this
time
with
their
backs
towards
the
entrance,
and
fan
in
the
same
manner,
and
in
this
way
air
is
sent
into
all
the
passages.
Another
set
of
bees
clean
out
the
cells
after
the
young
bees
are
born,
and
make
them
fit
to
receive
honey,
while
others
guard
the
entrance
of
the
hive
to
keep
away
the
destructive
wax-moth,
which
tries
to
lay
its
eggs
in
the
comb
so
that
its
young
ones
may
feed
on
the
honey.
All
industrious
people
have
to
guard
their
property
against
thieves
and
vagabonds,
and
the
bees
have
many
intruders,
such
as
wasps
and
snails
and
slugs,
which
creep
in
whenever
they
get
a
chance.
If
they
succeed
in
escaping
the
sentinel
bees,
then
a
fight
takes
place
within
the
hive,
and
the
invader
is
stung
to
death.
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