218 CONTENTS, 



CHAP. VIII. 



ON THE MALADIES OF THE BEES. Difficulty of ascertain- 

 ing the precise nature of the maladies of Bees. The 

 dysentery the most frequent malady. False opinion of 

 Ducouedic respecting the excrement of Bees. Symp- 

 toms of the dysentery. Occasioned by long confine- 

 ment. Other causes stated. Remedies proposed. 

 Recipe of Ranconi.Remedy proposed by Wildman. 

 Management of the hives during the disorder. The 

 abortive brood productive of diseases. Lice seldom 

 found in any new hives. Bee-bread considered by some 

 Apiarians as a malady, . . . . .167 



CHAP. IX. 



ON THE BROOD. Definition of the brood. Different 

 states of the brood. Description of the eggs. The 

 Larva. The Nymph. Gradual growth of the Bee.- 

 Its emancipation from the cell. Attention of the old 

 Bees to the young. The irascibility of the Bees in pro- 

 portion to the quantity of the brood. Disputes respect- 

 ing the nature of the food administered to the brood.- 

 Opinion of Ducouedic respecting it.- Analogy between 

 the Bee and the butterfly. The Larva not fed with ho* 

 ney. Experiment to determine it. -Objections there- 

 to. Investigation of the contents of the bladder of the 

 Bee. Conclusions drawn therefrom, . ^ 169 



CHAP. X. 



ON THE COMB OF THE BEE. New hives to be smoked. 

 Propolis the only substance made use of in the construc- 

 Jion of the comb. Different substances mentioned by 

 the ancients. A swarm provided with the requisites for 

 the construction of combs.- Method of their construc- 

 tion. Description of the cells. Mathematical propor- 

 tion of them. The Drone cells.- The Queen cells, 1 7 1 



CHAP. XI. 



ON THE DIFFERENT SUBSTANCES FOUND IN A HlVE. Pro- 



polls, Its nature, The use to which it is applied, 

 Its medicinal qualities, A substitute for varnish. 

 Crude wax, Definitions of it. Opinion of the ancients 

 respecting it. Difference between propolis and wax. 



