INSTINCT OF INSECTS. 



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ply" is obeyed to the fullest extent, as is manifested by 

 the various circumstances connected mih the pairing of in- 

 sects, and especially by the precautions which the parent 

 female exhibits in the carefid deposition of her eggs, as al- 



ready noticed in the early pages of this work ; whilst the 

 often extraordinary and always interesting pecuharities ex- 



Cells of the liive bee, showing manner 

 of uniting- at base. 



Hexagonal cells of the hive bee, with 

 royal cells attached. 



hibited by social insects in the construction of their nests, 

 for then- own habitations and the rearing of their offspring, 

 the collecting of food, and the feeding of young. 



