PREFACE 



The good bee keeper is he who is interested not only in those 

 things which have to do directly with the production of honey 

 but to whom everything pertaining to honey bees has a deep 

 interest. This is shown by the fact that the anatomy of the adult 

 bee has been much studied by practical bee keepers. Aside from 

 the fact that from the egg there emerges in three days a small 

 white larva, no knowledge of the wonderful changes which occur 

 in that small compass is available, while in comparison with the 

 changes which occur, the rather fixed structure of the adult insect 

 seems simple. In this paper is presented to the beekeeping pub- 

 lic, as well as to those whose interests are more scientific, the 

 most thorough account of the complex development of the bee 

 egg yet published and to those interested in bees no apology for 

 investigations of this kind is needed. It is of interest to the bee 

 enthusiast, for, while possibly he may not fully appreciate all 

 the details discussed, he will assuredly want to take such facts 

 as his training will permit. 



From another standpoint work of this kind is needed. All 

 practical work with bees rests on a foundation of bee activities, 

 to an extent usually not recognized. This is because with few 

 other animals with which man deals is it so imperative that the 

 normal behavior be followed. A study of bee behavior can 

 progress no farther than our knowledge of the structure of the 

 bee has gone and anatomy therefore becomes indirectly a vital 

 thing to the bee keeper. Adult structure cannot be adequately 

 understood without a study of comparative anatomy and espe- 

 cially of development. While the developmental studies are 

 therefore several stages removed from the practices of the 

 apiary, they are nevertheless of importance and the bee keeper 

 will welcome this addition to the foundations of his chosen in- 

 dustry. 



E. F. Phillips, 

 In Charge, Bee Culture Investigations. 



