THE PRACTICAL BEE GUIDE. 



PART I. 

 THE HONEY BEE. 



CHAPTER f. 



THE OCCUPANTS OF THE HIVE. 



Kingdam — Animal. Sub-Kingdom — Annnlosa. Division — Artbropoda. 



Clatt — Inseota. Order — Hymenoptera. Tamily—A^iisB, 



Oenut -Apin. Speeiet—M'oili&oc. 



" Therefore doth heaven divide 

 The state of man in divers funotiona, 

 Setting endeavour in continual motion; 

 To which is fixed, as an aim or butt, 

 Obedience ; for so worlc the honey-bees ; 

 Creatures that by rule in nature, teach 

 The act of order to a peopled kingdom." 



Shakespeare. 



1. It is natural that a guide to bee-koeping should begin 

 with a description of the bees that are to be kept. And it in 

 very necessary that everyone who desires to derive either 

 pleasure or pre/fit from the keeping of bees should know some- 

 thing of the bees which he proposes to keep — of their habits, 

 their requirements, of the laws which govern their actions, 

 and of the objects to which their marvellous energies and 

 intelligence are devoted. 



2. Therefore this guide begins with a description of the 

 occupants of the hive, namely, the Queen, the Workers, and 

 the Drones. 



