CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER XXV. 



INTELLECT AND INSTINCT IN BEES. 



PAGES 



Intellect in Man and Animals as Related to Immortality Memory 

 Judgment Instances of Attention Prevision Provision 

 Instinct Manifestations Bearing on Evolution . . . 234 243 



CHAPTER XXVI. 



BEES IN RELATION TO FLOWERS. 



Connection of Plant-life and Insect-life Reproduction of Flowers 

 Intervention of Insects Hermaphrodite Flowers Cross- 

 fertilisation Cucumbers, Melons, &c. Popla rs Firs 

 Epilobium or Willow Herb Cincerarias Darwin's Experi- 

 ments Nasturtium Foxglove Figwort Salvia Heath 

 Strawberry, Raspberry, and Blackberry Apple and Pear 

 Altruism of Bees . . 244 258 



CHAPTER XXVII. 



SUPERSTITIONS CONNECTED WITH BEES. 



Superstitions likely to gather around Bees Unlucky to Buy Bees 

 Ill Omen for a Swarm to Settle on a Dry Stick " Have 

 the Bees been told ? " Turning Hives on the Death of the 

 Owner Probable Origin of these Errors 259 267 



CHAPTER XXVIII. 



THE PROFITS OF BEE-KEEPING. 



Methods of Honey-taking Straw Caps Bell-Glasses Sections 

 Frames Extractors Run Honey Average Returns of 

 Hives 268272 



