Child, Lydia Maria, 1802-1880 · New York : Clark Austin & co. · leaf 237
The drones are never seen abroad upon the flowers: theystay at home, and live on the industry of the workers. Hereis a likeness of one of the lazy things: … Bees, in the formation of their cells, observe the most curi-ous mathematical exactness. The cells are hexagonal, or six-sided, and constructed on a principle that at once affords the THE GIRLS OWN BOOK. 233 most room, and consumes the least possible quantity of wax.The most learned mathematician…
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