Archive image from page 106 of An enquiry into the nature,. An enquiry into the nature, order, and government of bees .. CUbiodiversity1188016 Year: 1765 ( ( 99 ) CHAP. V. Of the Bees Works &c. p? HE more agreeably to entertain and gra- tify the reader, and proceed the more re- gularly, I will begin with the new fvvarms and follow thettx gradatim thro' the whole gathering feafon. No fooner is the fwarrri of Bees hived, but they be- gin to build their combs, whether for increafing their numbers, or tfeafuring up their honey. So earned is their application hereto, that in a week's fpace (the
Archive image from page 106 of An enquiry into the nature,. An enquiry into the nature, order, and government of bees .. CUbiodiversity1188016 Year: 1765 ( ( 99 ) CHAP. V. Of the Bees Works &c. p? HE more agreeably to entertain and gra- tify the reader, and proceed the more re- gularly, I will begin with the new fvvarms and follow thettx gradatim thro' the whole gathering feafon. No fooner is the fwarrri of Bees hived, but they be- gin to build their combs, whether for increafing their numbers, or tfeafuring up their honey. So earned is their application hereto, that in a week's fpace (the wea- ther favouring) the hive fhall be half, or two thirds filled with combs; which furely mult be on all hands acknowledged an inimitable performance. A diligent obfervance of the moft admirable ftruiSture it's regular contexture, it's ftrength, beauty, and defigned ufefulnefs, mult force one to acknowledge it a moft curious and in- comparable piece of architecture ; which however it may be imitated, can never be equalled, much lefs ex- ceeded, by the greater! artift among mankind. But the firfl: thing here that demands our attention, are the materials of which this noble fabrick is compo- fed. Some ancients were of opinion, that fome tough and glutinous matter fthey knew not what) was the G 2 foundation
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