. The bee and white ants, their manners and habits; with illustrations of animal instinct and intelligence. Bees; Instinct; Termites. THE BEE. labour of the nurses is directed to acoomplish this change. Their first operation, therefore, is to mould on that side of the wall to which its head is directed, a pyramidal cavity having the form of the base of one of the intended cells. When it has laboured for some minutes thus, it departs and is succeeded by another, who continues the work, deepening the cavity and increasing its lateral margins by heaping up the wax on either side by means of its t
. The bee and white ants, their manners and habits; with illustrations of animal instinct and intelligence. Bees; Instinct; Termites. THE BEE. labour of the nurses is directed to acoomplish this change. Their first operation, therefore, is to mould on that side of the wall to which its head is directed, a pyramidal cavity having the form of the base of one of the intended cells. When it has laboured for some minutes thus, it departs and is succeeded by another, who continues the work, deepening the cavity and increasing its lateral margins by heaping up the wax on either side by means of its teeth and fore-feet, so as to give the sides a more regular form. More than twenty nurses succeed each other in this operation. 77. It must be remembered that during this process, nothing has been done on the other side of the partition, but when the cell just described has attained a certain length, other nurses approach the opposite side of the partition and commence the formation of the pyramidal base of two cells corresponding in position with that just described, and these in like manner prose- cute their labours, constantly relieving each other. 78. While the nurses are thus employed in converting the rough partition into the pyramidal bases of cells, and in forming the hexagonal tubes corresponding to these pyramidal bases, the wax- makers return and, resuming their labour, increase the magnitude of the partition in evfery direction, the nurses meanwhile still prosecuting their operations. After having worked the pyramidal bases of the cells of one row into their proper forms, they polish them and give them a high finish, while others are engaged in laying out the next series. 79. In fig. 33, is represented one of the faces of such a partition Fig. 33. Fig. 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
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