viii. Contents. 



PAGE 



Bees and Honey 12 



Blessed Bees 13 



Foreign Publications 1? 



British Bee-Journal 1& 



Foreign Books - 13 



Promptitude ••...— 14 



Enthusiasm 14 



IP JLILT I. 



Natubaij history of the Honey Bee. 

 CHAPTER I. 



The Bee's Place in the Animal Kingdom 181 



Branch of the Honey-Bee 18 



The Class of the Honey-Bee 20 



Sub-Class of the Honey-Bee 22 



Order of the Honey-Bee 29 



Family of the Honey-Bee 25 



The Genus of the Honey-Bee...., 30 



Species of our Honey-Bees 34 



Varieties of the Honey-Bee 35 



German or Black Bee 35 



Ligurian or Italian 35 



The Syrian and Cyprian Baces 37 



Other Races 38 



Bibliography 3£ 



Valuable Books for the Student of Entomology 42 



CHAPTER II. 



Anatomy and Physiology 4' 



Anatomy of Insects 4c 



Organs of the Head _ 4£ 



Appendages of the Thorax EC 



Internal Apatomy of Insects 55 



Secretory Organs of Insects Si 



Sex Organs of Insects 6J 



Transformations of Insects 61 



The Egg 65 



The Larva of Insects 6J 



The Pupa of Insects 6c 



The Imago Stage 65 



Incomplete Transformation 61 



