CONTENTS. 



Festooned curtain of \Vax-^^'orker3 

 CoiiiiiienceniPiit of the coinhs 

 Hnhei's lii^iory of liis expeiinients 

 Secretion of wnx 

 Foiinclatiou of the first cell 

 AVorkers extract their own wax 

 View of the proceeding* ohslrncted 

 CHAPTER VI. 



Form of the cells . •,,,•„ 



Mathematical problem solved by Bees 

 Calculated by Maialdi and KcBriig 

 Reasons for the form of tiie cells 

 Referrt-d lo the form of the Bee 

 Experiments of Huher 

 Cells commenced in the foundation-wall 

 Deepeiiiiis; of tiie cells 

 Polishing by Nurse Bees 

 Distance of the combs frntn each other 

 Dr Barclay's discovery 

 Irregularities in their workmansliip 

 Anecdote from Dr Bevan 

 Similar anecdote from Huber 

 Symmetry in the architecture of Bees explained 

 Curved combs . • • • 



Experiments of Huber . 

 Size of male cells 



Cells enlarged when honey is plentiful 

 The finishing of the cells . 



Varnished with propolis 

 Strengthened with pissoceros 

 Discovered bv Huber . 

 Cells strengthened by the Bee-grubs 

 Difficulties explained . 

 Mistake of an American writer 

 Curious experiment of Huber . 

 Wild-Honey-Bees 



Wild-Bees of America, Ireland, Palestine 

 Honey-guide of Africa 

 Bee-hunting in America 



CHAPTER VII. 

 Carpentry of Tree hoppers (Cicada) . 

 Mistaken for Grass-hoppers 

 Singular cutting instrument of the Tree-hoppei 

 Double files of . . • 



Their Nests .... 

 Saw.Fliea ..... 



Their ovipositor 



Structure of ... • 



Comb-toothed rasp, and saw . 

 Grooves cut by it in the rose-tree . 



