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varied in tiieir structure, colours, and habits. Many species are 



Fig. 7. — Megischus Annulator. 



social, while many others are solitary. The common Hive Bee 

 {Apis 7nellifica) belongs to the former class. There is, perhaps, 



Fig. 3.— Apis Mellifica (Queen). 



no insect which has attracted so much notice as this species. 

 Volumes have been written respecting it, and philosophers in all 



