Xll EXPLANATION OF PLATES. 



FIG. 46. Female Bee-Moth. See p. 229. 



FIG. 59. Female Bee-Moth, with Ovipositor extruded, and eggs passing through 



it. See p. 280. 



FIG. 60. Male Bee-Moth. See p. 229. 

 - FIG. 61. Small Male Bee-Moth. See p. 229. 



FIG. 62. Head of Mexican Honey-Hornet, magnified. See p. 87. 



FIG. 63. Head of Honey-Bee, magnified. See p. 8T. 



FIGS. 64, 65.^Jaws of Honey-Hornet and Honey-Bee, magnified. See p. 87. 



Some of these Illustrations were taken from Swammerdam, Keaumur, and 



Huber. 

 PLATE XIV. For an explanation of this plate, which represents the different 



kinds of Cells in the Honey-Comb, see p. 66. 



PLATE XV. For an explanation of FIG. 48, which represents "Worker and Drone- 

 Comb, of natural size, see p. 74. 

 FIG. 58. A Group of Queen Cells, drawn from a specimen found in the Author's 



hive. Seep. 191. 

 PLATE XVL-FiG. 51. Proboscis of a Worker-Bee, highly magnified. See p. 56. 



FIG. 63, PLATE XIII., shows the Proboscis attached to the head. 

 FIG. 52. Abdomen of a Worker-Bee, magnified. 



PLATE XVII. FIG. 53. Sting of a Worker, highly magnified. See p. 56. 

 FIG. 54. Honey-sac, Intestines, Stomach, and Eectum of a Worker-Bee. See 



p. 56. 

 PLATE XVIII. For an explanation of this plate, which represents the Ovaries 



(and adjacent parts) of a Queen-Bee, see p. 35. 



PLATE XIX. FIG. 56. Cocoons spun by Larvse of the Bee-Moth. See p. 233. 

 PLATE XX. FIG. 57. Mass of Webs, Cocoons, and Excrements left in a Hive 



destroyed by the Larvae of the Bee-Moth. See p. 235. 

 PLATE XXI. FIGS. 66, 67, 63, 69, and 70. German method of Wintering Bees 



See p. 848. 



PLATE XXII. FIG. 71 is the Frontispiece to the First Edition. See p. 331. 

 PLATE XXIII. Shows the position in which a Frame is held when taken from 

 the Movable-Comb Hive. See p. 1T1. 



