I have now endeavoured to fix your attention upon several of the wonderful proceedings of the bee--proceedings which are generally regarded as the result of instinct, though some of them would almost incline us to award to it the same attribute that has been applied to a creature of much greater magnitude, and to speak of the half-reasoning bee as well as of the half-reasoning elephant. Indeed the enlightened Boyle, when contemplating the various wonders of nature, has declared his astonishment to have been more excited by the mite than by the elephant, and that his admiration dwelt not so much upon the clocks as upon the watches of creation. In support of what I have felt disposed to designate as a half-reasoning power, many very striking illustrations might be adduced, shall on this occasion confine myself to one, in addition to those I have already detailed to you; and I do so the rather as it occurred to an old friend of mine, who ended his days in this city. I allude to the Rev. Richd. Walond, one of the former Treasurers of our Cathedral, and Rector of Weston-under-Penyard. As he was inspecting one of his bee-boxes one day towards the end of October, he perceived that a centre comb loaded with honey had become separated from its attachments, and was leaning against another comb, so as to prevent the passage of the bees between them. This accident excited great activity in the colony, but its precise nature could not be ascertained at the time. At the end of a few days, the weather being cold, and the bees clustered closely together, Mr. Walond observed through the window of the box that they had constructed two horizontal bars between the combs alluded to, and had removed so much of the honey and wax from the top of each as to allow a free passage to a bee. In about ten days the bees had effected an uninterrupted thoroughfare; the detached comb at its upper part had been secured by a strong barrier, and fastened to the window. This being accomplished, the horizontal pillars, first constructed, being of no further use, were demolished. Had such expedients been had recourse to by human beings, they would have been regarded as affording evidence of a continued chain of reasoning, for the most intelligent architect could not have more judiciously propped up a tottering fabric till it could be effectually secured.