CONTENTS. 



niies. 163. Death's-head moth. 

 164. Measures of defence 

 adopted by Huber. 165. Mea- 

 sures adopted by the bees. 

 166. Wars between different 

 hives. 167. Demolition of the 

 defensive works when not needed. 

 168. Senses of insects. 169. 

 Senses of the bee. 170. Smell. 

 171. Experiments ot Huber. 

 172. Remarkable tenacity of 

 memory. 173. Experiments to 

 ascertain the organ of smell. 

 174. Repugnancy of the bee for 

 its owu poison. 175. Their 

 method of ventilating the hive. 

 176. Their antipathy against 

 certain persons. 177. Against 

 red and black -haired persons. 



178. Difference of opinion as to 

 the functions of the antennae. 



179. Organs of taste. 180. 

 Hearing : curious anecdotes. 

 181. Vision. 182. Peculiar 

 characters of queens ; royal old 

 maid. 183. Drone - bearing 

 queens. 184. Change of their 

 instincts and manners. 185. 

 Their treatment by the workers. 

 186. Nuptials never celebrated 



in the hive. 187. Effect of am- 

 putating the royal antennae. 

 CHAP. VII. 188. Apiculture. 

 189. Suitable localities and pas- 

 turage. 190. The Apiary .191. 

 Out-door Apiary. 192. Bee- 

 house. 193. Cabinet bee-houses. 

 194. Form and material of 

 hives. 195. Village hive. 196. 

 English hive. 197. Various 

 , forms of hives. 198. Various 

 forms of bee-boxes. 199. Bee- 

 dress and other accessories of 

 apiculture. 200. Purchase of 

 hives. 201. Honey harvest. 

 202. Honey and wax important 

 articles of commerce. 203. 

 Various sorts of wild honey. 

 204. Periodical migration of bees. 

 205. Poisoned honey. 206. 

 Maladies of bees. 207. Curious 

 case of abortive brood. 208. 

 Superstition of bee cultivators. 

 209. Enemies of bees. 210. 

 Attacks of bees when provoked. 

 211. Anecdote of Mungo Park. 

 212. Anecdote of Thorley. 

 213. Bee wars. 214. Curious 

 case of a battle. 



THE WHITE ANTS. THEIR MANNERS AND HABITS. 



CHAP. I. 1. Their classification. ! 



2. Their mischievous habits. ; 



3. The constitution of their so- i 

 cieties. 4. Chiefly confined to ' 

 the tropics. 5. Figures of the | 

 king and queen. 6. Of the i 

 workers and soldiers. 7. Treat- j 

 ment of the king and queen. ; 

 8. Habits of the workers. 9. ' 

 Of the soldiers. 10. The nymphs. 

 11. Physiological characters. 

 12. First establishment of a 

 colony. 13. Their use as food 

 and medicine. 14. The election j 

 of the king and queen, 15.' 

 Their subsequent treatment. I 

 1 6. The impregnation of the { 

 queen. 17. Figure of the preg- 

 nant queen. 18. Her vast fer- 1 



tility. 19. Care bestowed upon 

 her eggs by the workers. 20. 

 The royal body-guard. 21. The 

 habitation of the colony. 22. 

 Process of its construction. 23. 

 Its chambers, corridors, and ap- 

 proaches. 24. Vertical section, 

 showing its internal arrangement. 

 25. View of these habitations. 

 26. Contrivances in their con- 

 struction. 27. Use made of 

 them by the wild cattle. 28. 

 Used to obtain views to seaward. 

 29. Use of domic summit for 

 the preservation of the colony. 

 30. Position, form, and arrange- 

 ment of the royal chamber its 

 gradual enlargement for the ac- 

 commodation of the sovereigns. 



