OK, MA.N'UAI. Oi-' THE APIAKY. 



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Java but common in the jungles of Ceylon, Hindoostan 



Farther Indja, Sumatra, Borneo, and Timor. In Ceylon, Mn 



Fig. 5. 



A.\lor$ata Worker, X2. 



(From Department of Agriculture.) 



Benton saw many colonies, most of which were in inaccessible 



places, though he secured, after great labor and hardship four 



colonies. 



Fig. 6. 



A. dorsata Drone, X2. 

 (From Departmeat of Agriculture.) 



These bees usually suspend their great combs, which are 

 often SIX feet long and four feet wide, to overhanging rocks, or 



