NoTEr XXXIX. VEGETABLE GLANDULATION. 46

WICH there is a moſt lowery declamation in Quintilian, No. XIII. As the uſe of the wax is to preſerve the duſt of the anthers from moiſture, which would prematurely burſt them, the bees which colle& Ds for the conſtruc- tion of the combs or cells, muſt on this account alfo in- Jure the vegetation of a country where they too much abound.

It 138 not eaſy to conjefture why it was neceſlary that this ſecr etion of honey ſhould be expoſed to the open air in the"nedary or honey-cup, for which purpoſe ſo great an äpparatus for its defence from inſets and from ſhowers 2206 neceflary. This diiculty increaſes when we recollect that the ſugar'in the Joints of graſs, in the ſugar cane, and in the roots of beets, and in ripe fruits is produced without expoſure to FRG air.=-On ſuppoſition of its ſerving for nutriment to the anthers and ſtigmas it

may thus acquire greater Aue for the purpoſe of

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producing greater powers of ſenſibility, ac

doctrine lately NICI d by a French philoſopher, who has endeavoured to ſhew that ine oXygene, or baſe of vital air, is the conſtituent princip] bility,

So caterpillars are fed upon the common juices of ve- getables found in their leaves che[8] of reproduction, and then they feed on MOI: IN DL Jöier lieve except the ſilkworm, which in this country takes

no nouriſhment after it becomes a butter Av." Thus alle

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the maggot of the bee, according to the obſervations of Mr. Hunter, is fed with raw vegetable matter, called bee-

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bread, which is colletted from the anthers of fiowers and

laid up in cells for that purpoſe, rill 1 maggot becomes &(

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