. Langstroth on the hive & honey bee. Bees. 102 THE BUILDING OP BEES. she wants also to make their bottom concave. The final re- sult is that one-third of the bottom of each of three cells makes the bottom of the one cell opposite, and each one of the lozenges is flattened, so as not to encroach on the opposite cells. 214. The cells are not horizontal, but inclined from the orifice to the bottom (fig. 46), so as to be filled with honey more easily. The thickness of worker-brood comb is about one inch, with cells opening on each side. The distance between combs is about 7-16 of an inch. Thi
. Langstroth on the hive & honey bee. Bees. 102 THE BUILDING OP BEES. she wants also to make their bottom concave. The final re- sult is that one-third of the bottom of each of three cells makes the bottom of the one cell opposite, and each one of the lozenges is flattened, so as not to encroach on the opposite cells. 214. The cells are not horizontal, but inclined from the orifice to the bottom (fig. 46), so as to be filled with honey more easily. The thickness of worker-brood comb is about one inch, with cells opening on each side. The distance between combs is about 7-16 of an inch. This space is not always exact, but is never under 5-16, that being neces- sary for the bees to travel be- Fig. 46. 3HOWING THt SLOPE. OF THE CELLS ti^Bcn the combs without in- AND SHAPE OF'the BASE. tcrfcring wlth one another. (Prom Sartori and Rauschenfels.) _,, ... , , ,.,,, These distances can be a little increased without troubling the bees, and we place the combs in our hives one and a half inches from center to center, for easier manipulation. 315. When the combs are newly built, they are white, but they get color shortly afterwards, especially during the har- vest of yellow honey. When used for breeding, the cast sMns and residues from the larva (167) give them a dark color, which becomes nearly black with age, especially if bees have suffered with diarrhoea (784), or raised a great many drones. (190.) As wax is a bad conductor, the combs aid in keeping the bees warm, and there is less risk of the honey candying in the cells. 216. Is the size of the cells mathematically exact? When the first Eepublic of France inaugurated the decimal system of weights and measures, Reaumur proposed to take the cells of the bees as a standard to establish the basis of the system, but it was ascertained that cells are not uniform in Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of
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