CONTENTS. 



Carpenfer-Wasps .... 



CuiioiH cocoon of 

 Upholslfrpr-Bees .... 



Poppy-Flower Bt'e of Largs and of Bercy 



Taste of ilie linle arcliilecl* in ornament 



Cottoii-Grttlieriiig Bee 



Ro^e- Leaf Cutter Bee 



Her method of woikiiig 



Anecdote of St Fiancis Xavier 



CHAPTER IV 

 Carder-Bees 



Meihnd of preparing and conveying their materials 



Ssriidure of iheir nests 

 Lapid.iry-Hees 



Pertinacity in defending their nest 

 Hnmble-B.'es 



Sirnciure of tlieir nests 

 Social-^^■a^ps 



Nest founded by a single female 



Conipiired with the Burrowiiig-Owl 



Materials rasped off from wood 



JJifferent opiiiioiis of Naturalists 



Paper made by Wasps 



Structure of liie nest 



Extraordinary number of cells 



Hornet's nest . 



Tree-Wasps' nests in Ayrshire 



Hose shaped Wasps' nest 



Vertical Uasps' nest 



AV'a«p-paper compared with ours 



Card making Wasp ol" Cayenne 



CHAPTER V. 

 Arcliitecdire of the Hive-Bee 



Discoveries from Aristomnchus to Maraldi and Huber 



jN'urse-Bees and Wax-\\orkers . 



Preparation of wax 



Erroneous account by the Abbe la Pluch 



Conjectures of Eleauiniir 



Discovery of John Hunter 



Experiments of ,M. Hiiber . 



Singular fac's l>y Mr \N'iston 



Dissections by Madlle Juriue and M. Latrtille 

 Propolis ..... 



Opinions of Old Naturalists 



Discovery by Huber . 



Vaiiciijs uses of propolis 



Mf 'I'. A, Knight's observations 



Biskel for carrying on the thighs of Bees 



Process of loading 

 Building of the cells 



Division of labour 



