Archive image from page 178 of Bees & bee-keeping; scientific and. Bees & bee-keeping; scientific and practical. A complete treatise on the anatomy, physiology, floral relations, and profitable management of the hive bee CUbiodiversity1154323 Year: 1886 ( WAX, AND BEE ARCHITECTURE. J57 Ether melts wax with difficulty, the scales for a long period remaining in it intact ; whilst comb-wax breaks up into minute fragments. When the bee is engaged in building comb, the wax scales standing out beneath the pockets, as we see them in Fig. 35, are removed, as required, by the pincer of the third leg (
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Archive image from page 178 of Bees & bee-keeping; scientific and. Bees & bee-keeping; scientific and practical. A complete treatise on the anatomy, physiology, floral relations, and profitable management of the hive bee CUbiodiversity1154323 Year: 1886 ( WAX, AND BEE ARCHITECTURE. J57 Ether melts wax with difficulty, the scales for a long period remaining in it intact ; whilst comb-wax breaks up into minute fragments. When the bee is engaged in building comb, the wax scales standing out beneath the pockets, as we see them in Fig. 35, are removed, as required, by the pincer of the third leg (page 130), which is applied immediately against the body, with the planta {p, B, Plate V.) turned from the tibia, so as to widely separate the jaws of the pincers, whose bristle teeth are now passed Fig. 35.—Under Side of Worker, carrying Wax Scales (Magnified Three times). adroitly beneath the wax scale. The two joints being brought into line, the teeth pierce the scale, which the leg in turn draws from the secreting membrane, to be transferred to the front legs, and thence to the mouth, where it is held perpendicu- larly, and laboriously masticated with salivary secre- tion, imparting to it the new and necessary quality of ductility, and bringing about the other changes already noticed.