Gleanings in bee culture . FIG. CELLSThe elongated-attachment cells much resemble the soap-bubbleforms shown in Fig. 3. FIG. 1.—EDGE OF HONEYCOMB BUILT NEXTTO GLASS—ENLARGED cells are partly tilled with honey. This illus-tration shows that the cells are not straight and horizontal, but curved and slanting upward. the suitability of the fatting-coopis vindicated.— (Jlieshire. On the inner side of the eightplates lining the lower side of theabdomen are about 140,000 glands(Cheshire), from which thewax issecreted as a white liquid, whichhardens on exposure to the fir
Gleanings in bee culture . FIG. CELLSThe elongated-attachment cells much resemble the soap-bubbleforms shown in Fig. 3. FIG. 1.—EDGE OF HONEYCOMB BUILT NEXTTO GLASS—ENLARGED cells are partly tilled with honey. This illus-tration shows that the cells are not straight and horizontal, but curved and slanting upward. the suitability of the fatting-coopis vindicated.— (Jlieshire. On the inner side of the eightplates lining the lower side of theabdomen are about 140,000 glands(Cheshire), from which thewax issecreted as a white liquid, whichhardens on exposure to the first formed it is white andvery brittle, and is pulled outfrom between the plates by thepinceis on the hind legs. Thepieces of wax are then passed tothe front legs, and thence to themouth, where they are made plas-tic by the addition of various ma-terials in the saliva and by thor-ough mastication. From this raw material thesculpture bees make three kindsof cells. First, at certain timesof the year, when a new queen is
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