. Marvels of insect life [microform] : a popular account of structure and habit. Insects; Insectes. Wax-workers. ii7 water t., the fnr\- of tlie resentful l,e,.s lâ. l,a,l ilisturbe,!. In Muirav'. Ilaml- thcttK'":,!."â ""'â "â ""!'"*''""â '-""-^"''-"""â¢â¢'"''-^i-"^'-â --l^i*" " " themselves with â a pair .,f stout leather ^..auntlets eomin,- u,. above the « isV halfway to the elbow, and a li^ht wire â,ask with a baekpieee to proteet the biek 0 the head and neck, man>- pe-rsons h
. Marvels of insect life [microform] : a popular account of structure and habit. Insects; Insectes. Wax-workers. ii7 water t., the fnr\- of tlie resentful l,e,.s lâ. l,a,l ilisturbe,!. In Muirav'. Ilaml- thcttK'":,!."â ""'â "â ""!'"*''""â '-""-^"''-"""â¢â¢'"''-^i-"^'-â --l^i*" " " themselves with â a pair .,f stout leather ^..auntlets eomin,- u,. above the « isV halfway to the elbow, and a li^ht wire â,ask with a baekpieee to proteet the biek 0 the head and neck, man>- pe-rsons having been so badly stung that in soâ,e eases S hav: fdled ^"^'^'^ """^^ â¢"â "" "'='"â¢â¢ '" "â¢â¢-"â¢''- "â 'â ""'«-â bu. So extensive a literature exists upon the honev-bc'e tl:at it would be idle to attempt to enter mto details of its eeonomy here ; we w nlv consider it as uh7rr 'â ^'"^ ';f"'"'^"°" "' "^'^ ""â " ^y ""⢠»-'rker-bees does not ,o m brot â th"Ti'"" â¢"'--'^*'"K'">"'â¢>â â "⢠P""â¢. -â " .he^⢠arc , to the t)roocl m the hive. It is a distinct employment, and a number of workers ap|«'ar to be temporarily charged with this function apart from other duties, and it takes them twenty-four liours to convert the honey eaten into the plates of crude wax. A peculiar rite appears to be i' for the carrying out of this wax production, thougli why it is necessary is not evident. The bees have to hang in festoons attached to each other by the feet only. When wax is needed these festoons depend from the roof of the hive wherever there is room for them. A festoon IS formed in this wise : a couple of bees station themselves apart, each clinging to the roof by its fore-feet only ; another bee will with
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