

Fig. 54. Uncovered Apiary. 



THE BEE. 



ITS CHARACTER AND MANNERS. 



CHAPTER I. 



1. Moral suggested by economy of nature. 2. Antiquity of apiarian 

 researches Hebrew scriptures Aristomachus Philiscus Aristotle 

 Virgil. 3. Modern observers. 4. Huber. 5. His servant 

 Burnens curious history of his blindness. 6. His wife and son. 

 7. Pursuit of his researches. 8. Structure of insects. 9. Plan of 

 their anatomy. 10. Hymenoptera. 11. Varieties of bees. 12. 

 Hive bee. 13. The queen her numerous suitors. 14. Her chastity 

 and fidelity. 15. Her fertility. 16. Her first laying. 17. Royal 

 eggs. 18. Royal chamber. 19. Effect of her postponement of her 

 nuptials. 20. The drones. 21. The workers. 22. Structure and 

 members of the bee. 23. Mouth and appendages. 24. Use of 

 proboscis. 25. Structure of tongue. 26. Honey-bag. 27. Stomach. 

 28. Antennae. 29. Wings. 30. Legs. 31. Feet. 32. Sting. 

 33. Organs of fecundation and reproduction. 34. Number of eggs 

 produced by the queen. 



1. NATURE offers herself to human contemplation under no 

 aspects so fascinating, as those in which she renders manifest the 

 provident care of the Creator for the well-being of his creatures. 

 The spectacle of infinite wisdom directing infinite power to bound- 



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