 When the bees begin to work in their hives they divide themselves into four companies ; one of which roves in the fields in search of materials ; another employs itself in laying out the bottom and partitions of their cells ; a third is employed in making...  A History of the Earth and Animated Nature - Page 2441810Full view - About this book
 | 1849 - 396 pages
...provided by the first, and lays out the bottom and partitions of the cells ; a third party is engaged in making the inside smooth from the corners and angles; and the fourth company brings food for the rest, oc, relieves those who return with their respective loads. Such is their diligence, that in one day... | |
 | Joseph Foulkes Winks - 1836 - 720 pages
...fields for materials, another constructs the cells, a third polishes them, and the fourth procures food for the rest, or relieves those who return with their respective burdens ; and such is their assiduity, that in the course of one day, a common swarm will finish a number of... | |
 | Scottish school-book assoc - 1852 - 322 pages
...partitions of the cells, the third finishes the cells and smooths the insides, and the fourth either brings food for the rest, or relieves those who return with their burdens. The same bees, however, do not always continue in the same employ, but change occasionally.... | |
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