. Homes without hands. : Being a description of the habitations of animals, classed according to their principle of construction. Animals. THE HIVE BEE. 429 ments of Maraldi. The reader is requested to remember these angles. Eeaumur, on receiviug the answer, concluded that the Bee had very nearly solved the difficult mathematical problem, the difference between the measurement and the calculation being so smaU as to be practically negatived in the actual con- struction of so small an object as the Mathematicians were naturally delighted with the result of the investigation, for it s
. Homes without hands. : Being a description of the habitations of animals, classed according to their principle of construction. Animals. THE HIVE BEE. 429 ments of Maraldi. The reader is requested to remember these angles. Eeaumur, on receiviug the answer, concluded that the Bee had very nearly solved the difficult mathematical problem, the difference between the measurement and the calculation being so smaU as to be practically negatived in the actual con- struction of so small an object as the Mathematicians were naturally delighted with the result of the investigation, for it showed how beautifully practical science could be aided by theoretical knowledge, and the construction of the bee-cell became a famous problem in the economy of nature. In comparison with the honey which the cell is in- tended to contain, the wax is a rare and costly substance, secreted in very small quantities, and requiring much time for its production; it is therefore essential that the quantity of. 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 Wood, J. G. (John George), 1827-1889; Keyl, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1823-1871; Smith, E. A. (Edward Alfred); Pearson, G. (George). London : Longmans, Green, and Co.
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