. The bee-keeper's guide; or, Manual of the apiary. Bees. 180 THE beb-keeper's guide; triciaus to form the hexagonal cells. The assertion that the cells of honey-comb are absolutely uniform and perfect is untrue, as a little inspection will convince any one. The late Prof. J. Wymau demonstrated that an exact hexagonal cell does not exist. He also showed that the size varies, so that in a distance of ten worker-cells there may be a variation of one cell in diameter, and this in natural, not distorted, cells. Any one who doubts can easily prove, by a little careful examina- tion, that Prof. Wyma
. The bee-keeper's guide; or, Manual of the apiary. Bees. 180 THE beb-keeper's guide; triciaus to form the hexagonal cells. The assertion that the cells of honey-comb are absolutely uniform and perfect is untrue, as a little inspection will convince any one. The late Prof. J. Wymau demonstrated that an exact hexagonal cell does not exist. He also showed that the size varies, so that in a distance of ten worker-cells there may be a variation of one cell in diameter, and this in natural, not distorted, cells. Any one who doubts can easily prove, by a little careful examina- tion, that Prof. Wyman was correct. This variation of one- fifth of an inch in ten cells is extreme, but variation of one- FiG Irregular Veils, {modified) from Caman. tenth of an inch is common. The sides, as also the angles, are not constant. The rhombic faces forming the bases of the cells also vary. The idea which has come down from the past that mathematics and measurement exactly, agreed upon the angles of the rhombs, that the two opposite obtuse angles were each 109° 28' 16" and the acute 70° 31' and 44" is without foun- dation in fact. Mr. Cowan figures (Fig. 77) triangular, quad- rangular, and even cells with seven sides. Of course, such deformity is very Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Cook, Albert John, 1842-1916. Chicago, Ill. , George W. York & company
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