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Tig. 5-1,— UncOTerod Aplaiy. 



THE BEE. 



ITS CHARACTER AXD iIA^^:BES. 



CHAPTEE I. 



1. Moral suggested T>y economy of nature. — 2. Antaqnity of apiaiian 

 lesearehes — ^Hebrew scriptures — ^Aristomachus — PMliscus — ^Aristotle 

 — ^ii^L — 3. Hodcm obserreis. — 4. Huber. — 5. His serrant 

 Bumens — curious history of his blindness. — 6. His wife and son. — 

 7. Pursuit of his Teseaiches. — 8. Structuie of insects. — 9. Plan of 

 their anatomy. — 10. Hymenoptera. — 11. Varieties of bees. — 12. 

 HiTe bee. — 13. The queen — her numerous suitois. — -14. Her chastity 

 and fidelity. — 15. Her fertility. — 16. Her fiist laying. — 17. Boyal 

 ^gs. — 18. Boyal chamber.- — 19. Effect of her postponement of her 

 nuptials. — 20. The drones. — 21. The irorters. — ^22. Stmctnre and 

 members of the bee. — ^23. Month and appendages. — 24. Fse of 

 proboscis. — ^25. Structure of tongue. — 26. Honey-bag. — 27. Stomach. 

 —23. Aniennse.— 29. Wings.— 30. L^s.— 31. Feet— 32. Sting.— 

 33. Organs of fecundation and reproduction. — 34. Number of esgs 

 produced by ibs queen. 



1. Kaxuue offers herself to human contemplatioii under no 

 aspects so fascinating, as those in which she reiiders manifest the 

 pnmdent care of the Creator for the well-heing of his creatures. 

 The spectacle of infinite wisdom directing infinite power to honnd- 



LA£I>FEa'S MCSEUX OF SCEEBCE. B 1 



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