LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 



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COMB, SHOWING DIFFERENT KINDS OF CELLS . . Frontispiece 



1. EGGS AND LARVA OF BEES 12 



2. LARV^: 13 



3. SEALED CELLS 14 



4. a, LARVA FULL GROWN, VIEWED SIDEWAYS, b, LARVA 



PREPARING FOR PUPA SJ'ATE . 1 5 



5. WORKER LARVA AND PUPA IN COMB 16 



6. THE QUEEN OF THE HIVE 19 



7. QUEEN SURROUNDED BY ATTENDANTS ... 20 



8. A DRONE 29 



9. A WORKER BEE 35 



10. A WORKER BEE, SHOWING THE SCALES OF WAX ... 53 



11. FESTOONS OF BEES SUSPENDED FROM THE ROOF OF THE 



HIVE 55 



12. CLUSTER OF BEES 58 



13. WAX-WORKER COMMENCING A COMB 59 



14. DIAGRAM OF CELLS 63 



15. SUPPOSED CIRCULAR CELLS 63 



16. ARRANGEMENT OF CELLS 64 



17. DIAGRAM SHOWING SLOPE OF CELLS 66 



18. ARRANGEMENT OF COMBS IN A BELL-GLASS 68 



19. THE QUEEN CELL 69 



20. QUEEN CELLS IN SITU 70 



21. HIND-LEG OF A BEE 73 



22. NERVOUS SYSTEM OF PRIVET HAWK MOTH 81 



