. The bee people. Bees. When the eggs hatch, the little caterpillar-like larvae that come out of them eat the comb and spoil the honey. To keep them out, the bees sometimes build walls of propolis just inside the live door, making the entrance so narrow that only one bee can pass at a time. In this way the Sentinels are better able to keep Jout the intruders. Bees have been known to use propolis in strange ways. You know they chink up all the holes with it and glue the frames fast. Once, so the story goes, they glued a snail to the bottom of the hive. His snailship had crawled into the hive an
. The bee people. Bees. When the eggs hatch, the little caterpillar-like larvae that come out of them eat the comb and spoil the honey. To keep them out, the bees sometimes build walls of propolis just inside the live door, making the entrance so narrow that only one bee can pass at a time. In this way the Sentinels are better able to keep Jout the intruders. Bees have been known to use propolis in strange ways. You know they chink up all the holes with it and glue the frames fast. Once, so the story goes, they glued a snail to the bottom of the hive. His snailship had crawled into the hive and the bees fastened his shell tightly to the floor. So, for going where he was not 140. 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 Morley, Margaret Warner, 1858- [from old catalog]. Chicago, A. C. McClurg and company
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