on cloudy days, the workers did stay at home in the tree, but not to play. they clung to the walls and to each other and made wax. it took much patience to make wax. when they were gathering honey there was so much that was interesting to be seen, and so many friends to meet, that it was really quite exciting; but when they made wax they had to hang for a long, long time, until the wax gathered in flakes over their bodies. then it was ready to scrape off and shape into six-sided cells to hold honey or to be homes for the babies.