CONTENTS. 



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THE BEE. ITS CHARACTER AND MANNERS. 



CHAP. I. 1. Moral suggested by 

 economy of nature. 2. Antiquity 

 of apiarian researches Hebrew 

 scriptures Aristomachus Phi- 

 liscus Aristotle Virgil. 3. 

 Modern observers. 4. Huber. 

 5. His servant Burnens curious 

 history of his blindness. 6. His 

 wife and son. 7. Pursuit of his 

 researches. 8. Structure of in- 

 sects. 9. Plan of their anatomy. 

 10. Hymenoptera. 11. Va- 

 rieties of bees. 12. Hive bee. 

 13. The queen her numerous 

 suitors. 14. Her chastity and 

 fidelity. 15. Her fertility. 16. 

 Her first laying. 17. Royal eggs. 

 18. Royal chamber. 19. Effect 

 of her postponement of her nup- 

 tials. 20. The drones. 21. The 

 workers. 22. Structure and 

 members of the bee. 23. Mouth 

 and appendages. 24. Use of pro- 

 boscis. 25. Structure of tongue. 

 26. Honey-bag. 27. Stomach. ] 

 28. Antennae. 29. Wings. I 

 30. Legs. 31. Feet. 32. Sting. I 

 33. Organs of fecundation and 

 reproduction. 34. Number of 

 eggs produced by the queen. 



; CHAP. II. 35. This fecundity not 

 anomalous. 36. Bee architecture. 

 37. Social condition of a people 

 indicated by their buildings. 38. 

 This test applied to the bee. 39. 

 Individual and collective habits. 

 40. Solitary bees. 41. Structure 

 of their nests. 42. Situation of 

 nests. 43. Anthidium mani- 

 catum. 44. Expedient for keep- 

 ing nest warm. 45. Clothier bee. 

 46. Carpenter bee. 47. Mason 

 bee. 48. Expedient to protect 

 the nest. 49. Upholsterer bee. 

 50. Hangings and carpets of her 

 rooms. 51. Leaf-cutter bees. 

 52. Method of making their nest. 

 53. Process of cutting the leaves. 

 54. Hive-bee. 55. Structure of 

 the comb. 56. Double layer of 

 cells. 57. Pyramidal bases. 58. 

 Illustrative figures. 59. Single 

 cells. 60. Combination of cells. 

 61. Great advantages of hexa- 

 gonal form. 62. Economy of 

 space and material. 63. Solidity 

 of structure. 64. Geometrical 

 problem of the comb solved. 65. 

 Expedient to secure the sides and 

 bases of the cells. 



