VI 



CONTENTS. 



Carpenter-Wasps .... 



CiirioiiiJ cocoon of . . . . 



IJpliolsif-roi-Bpps .... 



Poppy-Flower Bee of Largs and of Bercy . 



Taste of the liiUe arcliilecl^ it) ornament 



Cottoii-Gatlieririg Bee 



Ro«e- Leaf-Cutter Bee 



Her nietliod of working 



Anecdote of St Francis Xavier 



CHAPTER IV. 

 Carder-Bees ..... 



iMediod of preparing and conveying their materials 



Siruciure of iheir nests 

 Lapidary- Bees ..... 



Pertinacity in defending their nest 

 Hiinible-Bpes .... 



StriicM're of their nests 

 Social-^^'a^ps .... 



Nest founded by a single female 



Compared with (he Burrowing-Owl 



Materials rasped off from wood 



Different opinions of Naturalists 



Puper made by Wasps . 



Siructiire of tiie nest . . 



Extraordinary t)un)ber of cells 



Hai net's nest .... 



Tree-W;isps' nests in Ayrshire 



Hose shaped Wasps' nest 



Vertical Wasps' nest 



AV'a<p-paper comparefl with ours . 



Card making Wasp of Cayenne 



CHAPTER V. 

 Architecture of the Hive- Bee 



Discoveries from ArislomnchtJs to Maraldi and Huber 



IVnrse-Beps and U ax-U orkers • 



Preparation of ivax 



Erronenns account by the Abbe la Phiche 



ConipcUire<5 of Reaumur . , 



Di>covery of Joiin Hunter 



Experiments of M. Huber . 



Singular fac's by Mr U iston , 



Dissections by Midlle Jurine and M. Ijatreille 

 Propolis .... 



Opinions of Old Nattiralists 



DiscovHjy by Huber . 



V.uidus use-i of propolis 



Ml T. A Knijiht's observations 



Basket for carrying on the thigiis of Bees 

 Process of loading 

 Building of the cells 



Division of labour 



