xviii CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER VI. 



PACE 



Different kinds of Bees 21 



Vast Numbers of different kinds of Bees— Humble Bees: 

 their great Use ; taken to New Zealand — Solitary Bees : 

 the Leaf-cutting — The Mason. 



CHAPTER VII. 



Varieties of the Honey Bee 25 



Some Honey Bees more valuable than others — Italian Bees 

 — Cyprian and other Bees. 



CHAPTER VIII. 



American Bees 27 



The Wild Bees of America — Bees and Monkeys — Bee-hunting 

 in America — The Bee-line — Instinct — Story of a Cat. 



CHAPTER IX. 



Bees in the Olden Time 30 



Bees and Honey, mention of, in the Bible — Virgil, and 

 others — Huber, and his Life. 



CHAPTER X. 



The Inhabitants of the Hive — Introductory . 84 



Modern Discoveries — The different Kinds of Bees in a Hive — 

 The Workers, and their Number — The Queen as the 

 Mother of the Colony — Old Errors regarding the Queen — 

 The Drones, noisy and idle. 



CHAPTER XI. 



Home of the Honey Bee — Introductory ... 41 

 The Brood Nest and its Contents — The Queen-cell — The 

 Store-room of the Hive — Every Portion of Space made use 

 of — Everything in its place. 



CHAPTER XII. 

 General Outline of the History of a Hive . . 47 

 A Swarm issuing — The Swarm secured and hived — Its 

 Work during the Summer — Its Condition in Autumn 

 and Winter. 



