CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER I. 



rAQE 



Habits of Observation 1 



Wonders of Nature around us Everywhere — The Scotch 

 Naturalist — Professor Henslow — The Microscope — ' Eyes 

 and no Eyes.' 



CHAPTER n. 



Bees to be Observed and Treated with Gijntleness 7 

 Bees : A Subject of Interest — When and Why they Sting — 

 To be treated witli Kindness — Coleridge. 



CHAPTER III. 



The Work of the Bee— Introductory ... 10 

 ' Mind your own Business ' — The Bee works itself to Death — 

 Sir J. Lubbock's Observations on the Work of a Bee. 



CHAPTER IV. 



The Bee's Busy Life— Continued .... 13 

 The Bee does not ' rust out :' contented, patient, persevering 

 — The Donkey at Carisbrooke Castle. 



CHAPTER V. 



Community of Bees in a Hive . . '. . .13 

 Rooks and other Birds congregate — Bees in the Hive as a 

 Community — Ants — Sir J, Lubbock — Beavers — The 

 ' Song of the Bees,' 



