Insects producing Wax, Kesin, Honey, Manna. 



Chinese Coccus which produces a kind of Spermaceti 

 'Value of its (Produce White Laa Insects pro- 

 ducing' f^esin Gt-rey-wax Insect of Sumatra (Details 

 concerning the wax Coscus Ijees -jipis mellifica 

 Its native country Virgil -J&odern Authors who 

 have written on I$ees -Jipis ligustica -Ji. amal- 

 thea and its curious JTests Ijamburos jlpis uni- 

 color Green Honey of Bourbon I^ock-honey of 

 JTorth America -Jlpis fasciata -jl. indica -jl.jldan- 

 sonii -jL swarm of I^ees The Queen, J&ales, and 

 "Workers JVTathematics of the Ijee-cell- Silk pro- 

 duced by P>ees (Production of Wax How. Honey is 

 procured (Plants favourable toffees (Duration of life 

 in F,ees Enemies and J\fialadies Chloroforming' 

 Ijees -J\.r. Jfutt's Hives (Profit derived from Ijee- 

 culture J\Tew modes of (Preserving- l^ees during 

 winter (Periodical transportation of Hives How to 

 discover IJees' Jfests -JTew species of Fjee at Sydney 

 ees as Instruments of War Honey, its JTature 

 and Composition Artificial Honey from Wood, 

 Starch, etc. -Joanna and the Coccus Jifaniparua 

 Wax Itsjfature, Composition, and Uses. 



