Insects producing Wax, Eesin, Honey, Manna, 



Chinese Coccus which produces a kind of Spermaceti 

 Value of its (Produce White Lac Insects pro- 

 ducing J^esin G-rey-wax Insect of Sumatra (Details 

 concerning- the wax Coccits Ijees -jlpis mellifica 

 Its native country Virgil -JvLodern jluthors who 

 have written on Fjees -fipis lig-ustica -fi. amal- 

 thea and its curious Jfests Ijamburos jtpis uni- 

 color G-reen Honey of Bourbon JE^ock-honey of 

 JTorthjlmerica -jlpis fas data -fl. indica -jl.jldan- 

 sonii -Jl swarm of Ijees ^he Queen, J&ales, and 

 Workers -Jtfathematics of the Ijee-cell Bilk pro- 

 duced ~by I)ees (Production of Wax How Honey is 

 procured (Plants favourable to Ijees (Duration of life 

 in Ijees Enemies and J&aladies Chloroforming- 

 Ijees -JVLr. J^utt's Hives (Profit derived from Ijee- 

 culture J^Tew modes of (Preserving- Ijees during- 

 winter (Periodical transportation of Hives How to 

 discover Ijees' Jfests -JTew species of I$ee at Sydney 

 ees as Instruments of War Honey, its JVature 

 and Composition jlrtifioial Honey from Wood, 

 Starch, etc. Joanna and the Coccus JAaniparua 

 Wax Its Jfature, Composition, and Uses. 



