xiv LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 



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23. NERVOUS SYSTEM OF LARVA OF BEE 82 



24. NERVOUS SYSTEM OF PERFECT INSECT 83 



25. EYES OF A BEE (GREATLY MAGNIFIED) 85 



26. FACETS OF EYE OF A BEE 86 



27. HEAD OF BEE, WITH ANTENNA 98 



28. LOWER SEGMENTS OF HIND-LEG OF BEE, CONSIDERABLY 



ENLARGED IIO 



29. COMPLETE HIND-LEG OF BEE no 



30. WING OF BEE , 112 



31. HOOKLETS OF A BEE'S WlNG 113 



32. ABDOMEN OF BEE, SHOWING RESPIRATORY ORGANS . . 116 



33. AIR-SACS OF WORKER 117 



34. a, AIR-SACS; b, OVARIES, OF THE QUEEN 118 



35. a, TRACHEA; b } ELASTIC SPIRAL OF TRACHEA .... 119 



36. UNDER SIDE OF ABDOMEN, SHOWING WAX SCALES ... 121 



37. BEE, SHOWING THE WAX SCALES 121 



38. SCALES ^ 121 



39. OVARIES AND SPERMATHECA OF QUEEN 123 



40. STING OF A BEE (GREATLY MAGNIFIED) 125 



41. BARBS OF A BEE'S STING (VERY HIGHLY MAGNIFIED) . . 126 



42. THE ENEMIES OF BEES 141 



43. STRAW SKEP 150 



44. FLAT-TOPPED HIVE AND STRAW SUPER 151 



45. NEIGHBOUR'S IMPROVED COTTAGER'S HIVE 152 



46. 153 



47. MODERN HIVES. NUTT'S COLLATERAL HIVE IN THE 



FOREGROUND 155 



48. THE WOODBURY HIVE 157 



49. WOODBURY STRAW BAR-FRAME HIVE 157 



50. CHESHIRE'S BAR-FRAME HIVE 159 



51. CHESHIRE'S BAR-FRAME HIVE (SECTIONAL VIEW). . . . 160 



52. ABBOTT'S STANDARD FRAME 161 



53. ,, ,, (TOP VIEW) 161 



54. NEIGHBOUR'S SECTIONAL SUPER (OPEN) 162 



55. FRAME SUPER 162 



56. GLASS FRAME HIVE, WITH SUPER 163 



57. STEWARTON HIVE 165 



