CONTENTS. 



mies. — 163. Death's-head moth. I 

 — ] 64. Measures of defenpe 

 adopted by Huber. — 165. Mea- 

 sm-es adopted by the bees. — 

 166. Wars between different 

 hives. — 167. Demolition of the 

 defensive worts when not needed. 

 — 168. Senses of insects. — 169. 

 Senses of the bee. — 170. Smell. 

 — 171. Experiments of Huber. 

 — 172. Remarkable tenacity of 

 memory. — 173. Experiments to 

 ascertain the organ of smell. — 

 174. Repugnancy of the bee for 

 its own poison. — 175. Their 

 method of ventilating the hive-. 

 — 176. Their antipathy against 

 certain persons. — 177. Against 

 red and black-haired persons. — 



178. Difference of opinion as to 

 the functions of the antennse. — 



179. Organs of taste. — 180. 

 Hearing ; curious anecdotes. — • 

 181. Vision. — 182. Peculiar 

 characters of queens ; royal old 

 maid. — 183. Drone - bearing 

 queens. — 184. Change of their 

 instincts and manners. — 185. 

 Their treatment by the Tvorkers. 

 — 186. Nuptials never celebrated 



in the hive.— 187. Effect of am^ 

 putating the royal antennee. 

 Chap. 711.-188. Apiculture.- 

 189. Suitable localities and pas- 

 turage. — 1 9 0. The Apiary .—1 9 1 . 

 Out-door Apiary. — 192. Bee- 

 house. — 193. Cabinet bee-houses. 

 — 194. Form and material of 

 hives. — 195. Village hive.— 196. 

 English hive. — 197. Various 

 forms of hives. — 198. Various 

 forms of bee-boxes. — 199. Bee- 

 dress and other accessories of 

 apiculture. — 200. Purchase of 

 hives. — 201. Honey harvest. — 

 202. Honey and -wax important 

 articles of commerce. — 203. 

 Various sorts of wild honey. — 

 204. Periodical migration of bees. 

 —205. Poisoned honey. — 206. 

 Maladies of bees. — 207. Curious 

 case of abortive brood. — 208. 

 Superstition of bee cultivators. 

 —209. Enemies of bees.— 210. 

 Attacks of bees when provoked. 

 — 211. Anecdote of Mungo Park. 

 —212. Anecdote of Thorley.— 

 213. Bee wars. — 214. Curious 

 case of a battle. 



THE WHITE ANTS. THEIB MANNERS AND HABITS. 



Chap. I. — 1. Their classification. — 



2. Their mischievous habits. — 



3. The constitution of their so- 

 cieties. — -4. Chiefly confined to 

 the tropics. — 5. Figures of the 

 king and queen. — 6. Of the 

 •workers and soldiers. — 7. Treat- 

 ment of the king and queen. — 

 8. Habits of the workers. — 9. 

 Of the soldiers. — 10. The nymphs. 

 — 11. Physiological characters. — 

 12. First establishment of a 

 colony. — 13. Their use as food 

 and medicine. — 14. The election 

 of the king and queen. — 15. 

 Their subsequent treatment. — 

 16. The impregnation of the 

 queen. — 17. Figure of the preg- 

 nant queen. — 18. Her vast fer- 



tility. — 19. Care bestowed upon 

 her eggs by the workers. — 20. 

 The royal body-guard. — 21. The 

 habitation of the colony. — 22. 

 Process of its construction. — 23. 

 Its chambers, corridors, and ap- 

 proaches. — 24. Vertical section, 

 showing its internal arrangement. 

 ■ — 25. View of these habitations. 

 — 26. Contrivances in their con- 

 struction. — 27. Use made of 

 them by the wild cattle. — 28. 

 Used to obtain views to seaward. 

 — 29. Use of domic summit for 

 the preservation of the colqny. — 

 30. Position, form, and arrange- 

 ment of the royal chamber — its 

 gradual enlargement for the ac- 

 commodation of the sovereigns. — 



