Contents 



XI 



CHAPTER VII 

 THE NERVOUS SYSTEM AND THE SENSES 



Nervous system Sense organs Sight Smell An- 

 tennal sense organs Taste Touch Hearing Temper- 

 ature sense Finding of the flowers Finding of the hive 

 Memory Nature of bee activities 



162-180 



CHAPTER VIII 



THE REPRODUCTIVE PROCESSES AND PAR- 

 THENOGENESIS 



Origin of the eggs Origin of the male sex cells Par- 

 thenogenesis Sex determination Practical applications 

 Hermaphrodite bees Eggs which fail to hatch 



181-191 



CHAPTER IX 

 RACES OF BEES 



Types of social bees Species of the genus Apis Vari- 

 eties of the species mellifica Egyptian Syrian Cyprian 

 Grecian Caucasian Italian German Carniolan 

 African races Asiatic races Chinese-Japanese Best 

 race of bees . 



192-204 



CHAPTER X 



REGIONAL DIFFERENCES WITHIN THE 

 UNITED STATES 



Variation in intensity of honey-flows Variation in the 

 value of plants Beekeeping regions General regions 

 The white clover "region The alfalfa region The south- 

 eastern region The semi-arid region of the southwest 

 The sage region Restricted regions Buckwheat Su- 

 mac Spanish needle Willo wherb Sweet clover Blue 

 thistle Raspberry Beans Heartsease Variation 

 within a region Distribution of bees in the United States 

 Migratory beekeeping Overstocking Dadant out- 

 apiaries . 



205-221 



