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Fig. C5. Cork hive 

 (South of France). 



Fig. 64. Radouau's 

 hive. 



THE, BEE. 



CHAPTER VI. 



158. Hove they fly straight back to the hive manner of discovering the 

 nests of wild bees in New England. 159. Average number of daily ex- 

 cursions. 160. Bee pasturage transported to follow it in Egypt and 

 Greece. 161. Neatness of the bee. 162. Its enemies. 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 

 of Huber. 172. Remarkable tenacity of memory. 173. Experi- 

 ments to ascertain the organ of smell. 174. Repugnancy of the bee 

 for its own 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 antenme. 179. Organs of taste. 180. Hearing: curious anec- 

 dotes. 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 amputating the royal antenna. 



158. ONE of the many wonders presented by their economy is the 

 directness and unerring certainty of their night. "While collecting 

 their sweets they fly hither and thither, forward or backward, and 

 right or left, as this or that blossom attracts them ; but when 

 fully laden with the spoil, though upwards of a mile from their city, 

 they start for it in a course more exact than if they were guided 

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