176 BRITISH BEES. 



that omnipotently wise and loving Providence in active 

 operation throughout nature. 



No study like natural history, pursued in a humble 

 and docile spirit, so harmoniously elicits the religion of 

 the soul, or than which so fitly prepares it to enter, by 

 the pathway of the works of God, the august temple of 

 His revealed Word. 



But to return : what we call science is the mere acci- 

 dence of nature, which in fact aggravates our infirmity 

 by permitting our intelligence to attempt to grasp, 

 through the various details, their intricate combinations. 

 But as truth sooner arises out of error if methodically 

 pursued, and its results recorded, than out of confusion 

 and guesswork, theories based upon observation, how- 

 ever inaccurate at first, ultimately lead up to the certain 

 acquisition of the truth itself. 



AN EASY DISTEIBUTION OF THE BEES, 



THE NUMBERS REFERRING TO THE SCIENTIFIC SERIES. 



ANDRENID^E (Subnormal Bees). 



TONGUE SHOETEE THAN THE MAXILLA, POEEECT. 



Posterior tibiae clothed with hair to convey pollen. 



Two submarginal cells. 



Posterior legs very robust, pollini- 

 ferous hair on tibiae and plantae 



dense but short MACEOPIS (7). 



Posterior legs slender ; polliniferous 

 hair on femora, tibiae, and plantse 

 dense and very long DASTPODA (8). 



