CONTENTS. 



PAET riEST. 



CHAPTER I. 



PAOE 



The queen bee, 1 



Her shape and appearance, ... 1 



Mother and monarch, 2 



The age of queen bees, 2 



How long in being hatched, ... 3 



The food of princesses, 3 



Impregnation of queens, 4 



Where impregnation takes 



place, 6 



Sometimes lost on their mar- 

 riage-tour, 7 



Egg-laying, 7 



How many eggs laid daily by a 



queen, 8 



The sexes of eggs, 9 



Mr Woodbury's letters, 11 



Mr Quinby's opinion, 16 



The author's, 19 



Experiments suggested, 21 



CHAPTER II. 



Drones or males, 25 



How long in their cells, 2.5 



Why BO many drones, 26 



Their idleness, 26 



Their sorrowful end, 27 



CHAPTER III 



PACE 



Working bees, 29 



Their industry, 29 



Their ingenuity, 31 



Their courage, 33 



How to tame and domesticate 



vicious bees, 34 



Have bees a language? 3.5 



CHAPTER IV. 

 Ligurian or Italian bees, 37 



CHAPTER V. 

 The government of a hive, 39 



CHAPTER VI. 



Swarming, ■. 41 



Preparations made for it, 41 



The signal and the rush, 42 



Piping, 44 



Second and third swarms, 44 



CHAPTER VII. 

 Fertile workers, 46 



CHAPTER VIII. 

 Honey, 47 



