THE HUMBLE-BEE 



ITS LIFE-HISTORY 

 AND HOW TO DOMESTICATE IT 



WITH 



DESCRIPTIONS OF ALL THE BRITISH SPECIES 



OF BOM BUS AND PSITHTRUS 



BY 



\ ; 



Ff W. U SLADEN 



FELLOW OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON 

 AUTHOR OF 'QUEEN-REARING IN ENGLAND ' 



ILLUSTRATED WITH PHOTOGRAPHS AND DRAWINGS BY THE AUTHOR 



AND FIVE COLOURED PLATES PHOTOGRAPHED DIRECT 



FROM NA TURE 



MACMILLAN AND CO., LIMITED 

 ST. MARTIN'S STREET, LONDON 



1912 



