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Comb (Wax cavities in which bees)

the wax cavities in which bees lodge their honey. The comb of a bee is composed of hexagonal cells, of which there are two tiers, the cells in which are placed end to end, so that the three plates of wax, which serve as the bottom of the cell in the one tier, constitute also that of the corresponding one in the other.

COMBACONUM (Kumbhakonam), one of the oldest and most sacred cities of India, in the center of the fertile Kaveri delta, 193 miles S. W. of Madras, with Hindu temples, a government college, etc. Pop. about 64,000.