24 The Hubit.s of the Honeybee 



an article of this size. Tlie iGader is referred to any 

 one of the numerous books on practical apiculture for 

 full details concering these methods. 



Nor must it be supposed that the natural actions of 

 the bee have been exhausted in what has beer, written. 

 As stated in the first paragraph, volumes liave been 

 written on bees and their habits, and tliis is but a 

 skeleton outline on which far more interesting- facts 

 can be built. The senses of bees, especially the sense 

 of smell, the structure of the different individuals, and 

 the adaptations of the parts to the work required of 

 each, the natural enemies of bees, and their methods 

 of defense — these are but a few of the subjects which 

 might be discussed with profit, to say nothing of fuller 

 discussions of subjects which have been merely sug- 

 gested in the preceding outline. It is a noteworthy 

 fact that every person who studies or works with bees 

 becomes enthusiastic on the subject; and in this brief 

 article should induce some one to take up this line of 

 work the object of the article will be fulfilled, and the 

 new apiarist may be assured that he is entering into a 

 most entrancing field of work. 



And, finally, there still remains much to be learned 

 about the bee from careful and painstaking observa- 

 tion; and by such work the cause of apiculture and 

 science at large will be much benefited. In several 

 places mention has been made of unsettled problems; 

 but the number could be extended very greatly, and 

 each new discovery opens up new fields of work. Here, 

 then, is work for thos.? who wish to add to the sum of 

 human knowledge in a line of woi k which can be of 

 the greatest pi-ictical use U) tnniikind at large. 



