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... legs are longer than theirs , but her wings are much shorter , reaching but little more than half the length of her body . She is armed with a bent or curved sting , but she does not often use it , except in her wars with other queens ...
... legs are longer than theirs , but her wings are much shorter , reaching but little more than half the length of her body . She is armed with a bent or curved sting , but she does not often use it , except in her wars with other queens ...
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... legs are furnished with brushes and baskets , to collect the pollen , and carry it safely to the hive . No other bee has these baskets but the worker - bee . The sting of the worker is not curved like that of the queen . It is so sharp ...
... legs are furnished with brushes and baskets , to collect the pollen , and carry it safely to the hive . No other bee has these baskets but the worker - bee . The sting of the worker is not curved like that of the queen . It is so sharp ...
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... legs and four wings . Its body is composed of three distinct parts , and , except the head , is divided into rings or sections . The wings are at- tached to the chest or middle part of the body of the bee . If you will examine a pair of ...
... legs and four wings . Its body is composed of three distinct parts , and , except the head , is divided into rings or sections . The wings are at- tached to the chest or middle part of the body of the bee . If you will examine a pair of ...
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... leg or a wing , and is thus so disabled that it cannot labour , is not suffered to live and take up the room of the hive , dependent on others for its support . Many bees are born imper- fect , or maimed , in this way , and they are all ...
... leg or a wing , and is thus so disabled that it cannot labour , is not suffered to live and take up the room of the hive , dependent on others for its support . Many bees are born imper- fect , or maimed , in this way , and they are all ...
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... legs ; not carelessly , as we brush our dusty clothes , merely to make them clean , dispersing the dust in the air , but collecting every particle of it together , and then kneading it into little balls . The pollen when thus kneaded is ...
... legs ; not carelessly , as we brush our dusty clothes , merely to make them clean , dispersing the dust in the air , but collecting every particle of it together , and then kneading it into little balls . The pollen when thus kneaded is ...
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Términos y frases comunes
appear baskets become bee-bread bee-hive beeswax begin bird blossoms body bottom bower build build her comb built busy bee called CHAPTER close cluster collecting honey colour comb contains covered curious destroy drones dwelling early eggs enemies entrance fastened flower fond formed fragrant gather glass hatched head honey-bag honey-bee honeycomb instinct kind labours laid larvæ leave the hive legs light little bee little creature little insect little worm live load moth mouth nectar never nurse-bees once pass perhaps plenty pollen poor bee prepare the wax propolis queen-bee ranges of cells royal cells season seen shape side single singular slip of wood sometimes soon sting summer swarm sweet thee things thou busy treasure tree usually VALLEY OF DECISION wax-makers waxen white clover wild-bees wings wonderful worker-bee workers worm young bees
Pasajes populares
Página 98 - And the Amorites, which dwelt in that mountain, came out against you, and chased you, as bees do, and destroyed you in Seir, even unto Hormah.
Página 117 - So shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy soul : when thou hast found it, then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be cut off.
Página 117 - The full soul loatheth an honeycomb ; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
Página 102 - Thou hast thrust sore at me, that I might fall : but the LORD helped me. The LORD is my strength and song : and is become my salvation.
Página 126 - And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment.
Página 66 - And colour the eastern sky, With its blended hues of saffron and lake, Then say to each other, " Awake ! awake !" For our winter's honey is all to make, And our bread, for a long supply.
Página 55 - Thou spread'st the curtains of the night, Great Guardian of my sleeping hours ; Thy sovereign word restores the light, And quickens all my drowsy powers. 3 I yield my powers to thy command ; To thee I consecrate my days : Perpetual blessings from thy hand Demand perpetual songs of praise.
Página 73 - As abroad I took my early way, Before the cow from her resting-place Had risen up, and left her trace On the meadow with dew so grey, Saw I thee, thou busy, busy bee ! Thou wert working late, thou busy, busy bee ! After the fall of the cistus...
Página 14 - O Thou, to whom all creatures bow Within this earthly frame, Through all the world how great art Thou ! How glorious is Thy Name ! WINDSOR.
Página 109 - THOU cheerful Bee ! come, freely come, And travel round my woodbine bower ; Delight me with thy wandering hum, And rouse me from my musing hour. Oh ! try no more those tedious fields, Come, taste the sweets my garden yields : The treasures of each blooming mine, The bud, the blossom — all are thine.