The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1861-04-26

re Honey 8ee,s Cers.

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rAe Honey 1ee,s CeIi.
The crowd Of matter for the past week
hss unsvoidably delayed the publication Of
~ article from she Rev. Prof. Denison OF
this city, oppuEning tho theory Of Mr.. SAM
uslson, 70 which " alluded. on the bexagc.
Dsl shape OF the honey bees cell.
In reply 70 Mr.. Sanuslson's assertion
that the hive DELL is normally cylindrical,
and tLst "tbe natural form assumed BY .
series OF circles, whom brought into close
contact, would be that Of the cells Of . honey |
somb,n Prof. Denisos says:
"To show the want Of philosophy 10 this,
Just sonsidsr that honey bees oell 10 al
ways parallel TO the horizon. The comb 10 |
ussaily suspended from she top Of the hive, |
from which it usoally descends psrpsndiou
larry, on sash side Of which there 10 sisr
OF cells, each cell parallel with tho horizon.
Nov conceive pressure or gravity which
Wy viii Il a.,r Downward, OF course.
Or pependisularly 70 .bs sides Of che cells,
t,s only effect Of which could be to throw
the cells out Of psrpsndicular With their base,
sod not the slightest eject souards forcing
them 10 be hexagonal. Besides, tho fact
il that The lowest cells 10 each card ara -
bexsgonai ~ the rest, though no pressure
from beneath causes them 20 be so. This
though. alone ought to be satisfactory.
The analogy that vorms and woodchucks
make their holes circular, - simply ludic-
rous.
Bu, knosc, from my own personal knowl-
edge and examination, that the bee con-
strao.s its celloririnally hexagonal. MJex
pertinent happened to bs conclusive. A
new swarm OF bees OF ours wAs once hived
and properly cared for it went immediate
IL to work and 10 fe~ hours they became
dissatisfied and left. VAS one OF the frst,
probably the 6fst,--that reached the hive
TO examine il and see What had been done.
found work commented 10 several places,
and from one took . piece Of unfinished
honey comb, some too or three inches long
!, 6nu or vtvy nrvguisr snsru- vf ing uur-ur
two hundred cells that had been comnsnced
svery one MAS distinctly bexagonal. The en-
J tire piece was % light you could scsrocly
feel il in tho palm Of your hand, and crisp,
not ductiIe, 10 the last edge OF tho work
Pressure -, therefore, out OF The question.
! The cels we're oil iooonplsts, OF them
, not more than third, and some Of then not
mere than Two thirds ouiit,-yet the highest
rim in every Case ~ hexsgonal"
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, occasion OF tho fumor that Zen. Scott bad
resigned, he Vas solicited to take command
: Of the traitor forces.
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