CONTENTS. 



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THE BEE. ITS CHAEACTER AND MANNERS. 



Chap. I. — 1. Moral suggested by 

 economy of nature. — 2. Antiquity 

 of apiarian researches — Hebrew 

 scriptures — Aristomaohus — Phi- 

 liscus — Aristotle — Virgil. — 3. 

 Modem observers. — 4. Huber. — 

 5. His servant Bumens — curious 

 history of his blindness. — 6. His 

 ■wife and son. — 7. Pursuit of his 

 researches. — 8. ^Structure of in- 

 sects. — 9. Plan'of their anatomy. 

 — 10. Hyfiienoptera. — 11. Va- 

 rieties of Dees. — 12. Hive bee.- — 

 13. The queen — her numerous 

 suitors. —14. Her chastity and 

 fidelity.— 15. Her fertility.— 16. 

 Her first laying. — 17. Eoyal eggs. 

 —18. Royal chamber.- 19. Effect 

 of her postponement of her uup- 

 tials.— 20. The drones.— 21. The 

 workers. — 22. Structure and 

 members of the bee. — ^23. Mouth 

 and appendages. — 24. Use of pro- 

 boscis. — 25. — Structure of tongue. 

 — ^26. Honey-bag. — 27. Stomach. 

 —28. Antenna.- 29. Wings.— 

 30. Legs.— 31. Feet.— 32. Sting. 

 — 33. Organs of fecundation and 

 reproduction. — 34. Number of 

 eggs produced by the queen. 



Chap. II.— 35. This fecundity not 

 anomalous. — 36. Bee architecture. 

 — 37. Social condition of a people 

 indicated by their buildings. — 38. 

 This test applied to the bee. — 39. 

 Individual and collective habits. — 

 40. Solitary bees. — 41. Structure 

 of their nests. — 42. Situation of 

 nests. — 43. Anthidium mani- 

 catum. — 44. Expedient for keep- 

 ing nest warm. — 45. Clothier bee. 

 — 46. Carpenter bee. — 47. Mason 

 bee. — 48. Expedient to jirotect. 

 the nest. — 49. Upholsterer bee. — 

 50. Hangings and carpets of her 

 rooms. — 51. Leaf-cutter bees. — 

 52. Method of making their nest. 

 ■ — 53. Process of cutting the leaves. 

 — 54. Hive-bee. — 55. Structure of 

 the comb. — 56. Double lajer of 

 cells. — 57. Pyramidal bases. — 58. 

 Illustrative figures. — 59. Single 

 cells. — 60. Combination of cells. 

 — 61. Great advantages of hexa- 

 gonal form. — 62. Economy of 

 space and material. — 63. Solidity 

 of structure. — 64. Geometrical 

 problem of the comb solved. — 65. 

 Expedient to secure the sides and 

 bases of the cells. 



