THE HONEY-BEE. 



ERRATA. 



p. 22, ten lines from bottom, for ''not full grown" read "not more 

 than two or three days old." 



p. 30, last line "but one from the bottom, for " neuters " read 

 ' strange workers." 



p. 55, line 10 from bottom, for " hind feet " read " pincers on the 

 hind legs." 



p. 110, bottom line, for "four anterior tarsi" read ''in the hind 

 legs." 



p. Ill, line 3. for " leg " read " hind leg." 



., line 6, for " This .pocket " read "Above this, on the outside 

 of the tibia, is a pocket, lined, &c." 



p. 136, line 12, for " foul-breeding " read " foul-broody." 



ADDENDA. 



p. 126, three lines from bottom, add 



"The most remarkable function of the sting- apparatus 

 has, in modern times, been discovered to be the insertion of 

 a minute drop of the poison in each honey-cell when filled. 

 This acts as an anti-septic, and prevents fermentation in 

 the sweet liquid." 



p. 136, after first paragraph, add 



" It is now known that this treatment is by no means 

 always successful when the bacilli have reached the 

 "resting" or "spor^" stage. 



