 | Bee culture - 1778 - 160 pages
...)>ee hive, we shall now proceed to give some account of their economy and instincts. When the bees begin to work in their hives, they divide themselves into four companies ; one of which roves in the tit-Ids in search of materials ; another employs itself in laying out the bottom and partition* of... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - Physical geography - 1807 - 472 pages
...are laid up for community, and all its art in building a cell designed for the benefit of posterity. When they begin to work in their hives, they divide...themselves into four companies; one of which roves through the gardens and fields in search of materials for composing their cells; another .is employed... | |
 | Natural history - 1810 - 312 pages
...weapons; for their honey and wax excite the envy of many greedy and lazy insects. When they begin to work they divide themselves into four companies, one of...roves in the fields in search of materials, another is employed in laying out the bottoms and partitions of the cells, a third in making the inside smooth... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1816 - 414 pages
...their cells is wax ; which is fashioned into convenient apartments for themselves and their young. When they begin to work in their hives, they divide...materials ; another employs itself in laying out the bottom and partitions of their cells ; a third is employed in making the inside smooth from the corners... | |
 | Daniel Tyerman - God - 1818 - 548 pages
...surprising instinctive accuracy ; in this employment the neuters are alone engaged. When they begin to work, they divide themselves into four companies; one of...materials; another employs itself in laying out the bottom and partitions of their cells; a third makes the inside smooth from the corners and the angles;... | |
 | J. Macloc - Animals - 1820 - 348 pages
...state, is to gnaw oft' the wax with which the entrance of their cells had been secured. When the bees begin to work in their hives, they divide themselves...in search of materials; another employs itself in laving out the bottom and partitions of the cells ; a third is employed in making the inside smooth,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - Zoology - 1824 - 440 pages
...convenient apartments for themselves and their young. When they begin to work in their hives, ' thev divide themselves into four companies, one of which...materials; another employs itself in laying out the bottom and par'titions of their cells; a third is employed in making the inside smooth from the corners... | |
 | Mary Trimmer - Natural history - 1825 - 278 pages
...state, is to gnaw off the wax with which the entrance of their cells had been secured. When the Bees begin to work in their hives, they divide themselves...search of materials ; another employs itself in laying oat the bottom and partitions of the cells ; a third is employed in making the inside smooth, from... | |
 | Industrial arts - 1826 - 490 pages
...build their cell is wax; which is fashioned into convenient apartments for themselves and their young. When they begin to work in their hives, they divide...materials ; another employs itself in laying out the bottom and partitions of their cells ; a third is employed in making the inside smooth from the corners... | |
 | Priscilla Wakefield - Natural history - 1828 - 256 pages
...perfect discipline of wise laws. The regulation of labour among them is very exact. They are divided into four companies, one of which roves in the fields, in search of materials for building; another is employed in laying out the bases and partitions of their cells; a third is... | |
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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 the cells ; a third is employed in making... 
