XX CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER XIX. 



FAGK 



The same subject— Continued 81 



The Sting of the Bee — The Sting under the Microscope — 

 The Antennse — The Antennas a means of Comtnunication. 



CHAPTER XX. 



The same subject— Continued 80 



The Differences in Formation of Queen, Worker, and Drone — 

 A Worker sometimes lays Eggs. 



CHAPTER XXI. 



Combs, and the Form of Cells 88 



Examples of Engineering Skill — The Perfection of the Hex- 

 agonal Shape of Cell — Mathematics of the Hive — Combs 

 must have great Strength — How this Strength is obtained 

 with the least material possible — How Worker and Drone 

 Cells are joined together. 



CHAPTER XXII. 



More about what the Bees do 07 



The Queen, her Work, and Instincts — The Number of Eggs 

 she lays — The Drones and their Use — Drones destroyed. 



CHAPTER XXIII. 



The same subject— Continued 102 



The Worker's Work — Shakspeare on the Honey Bee — How 

 far Bees go from the Hive — The Rapidity of the Bee's 

 Flight — Bees in any one Journey keep to one kind of 

 I'lower, 



CHAPTER XXIV. 



More about what the Bees Gather — Honey, 



Pollen, and Propolis 100 



Honey derived from the Nectar of Flowers — How the Bee 

 removes Pollen from its Tongue — Propolis, whence 

 gathered — Curious Instances of its Use — A Snail de- 

 stroyed — A Slug buried. 



