LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 



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The Cottagj! Bee-keepers' Home . . Frontispiece 



Wild Bees and Flowers 23 



Itaxian Bee 20 



Queen, Worker, and Drone Bees .... 36 

 The Queen and her Attendants .... 38 

 Queen Cells in Different Stages . . . .43 



The Cottager and his Bees 40 



Hiving a Swarm .... . .51 



The Head, Thorax, Abdomen, of a Bee ... 61 



Wing of a Bee 03 



Egg and Larv^ of the Bee CO 



Leg and Pollen-basket. Two Illustrations . . 77 



Tongue. Two Illustrations 78 



Wing, showing Hooklets 80 



Bee and its Sting . . 82 



Sting highly Magnified 83 



Head and Antennae 84 



Comb, Worker and Drone 91 



Come Foundation 01 



