INSTINCT OF INSECTS. 



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ply" is obeyed to the fullest extent, as is manifested by 

 the various circumstances connected with the pairing of in- 

 sects, and especially by the precautions which the parent 

 female exhibits in the careful deposition of her eggs, as al- 



ready noticed in the early pages of this work ; whilst the 

 often extraordinary and always interesting peculiarities ex- 



Cells of the hive bee, showing manner 

 of uniting at base. 



hibited by social insects in the construction of their nests, 

 for their own habitations and the rearing of their offspring, 

 the collecting of food, and the feeding of young. 



