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Bees and Honey .■•• ^^ 



Blessed Bees 1-^ 



Foreign Publications ■ '^•^ 



British Eee-Jourual ■ J-J 



Foreign Books i-'S 



Promptitude 14 



Fnthusiasni. H 



I=^R.T I. 



Natural history of the Homey Bee. 

 CHAPTER I. 



The Bee's Place in the Animal Kingdom 19 



Branch of the Honey-Bee 19 



The Class of the Honey-Bee 20 



Sah-Class of the Honey-Bee 22 



Order of the Honey-Bee ,. . 23 



Family of the Honey-Bee 25 



The Genus of the Honey-Bee . , 30 



Species of our Honey-Bees .34 



Varieties of the Honey-Bee So 



German or Biacli Bee 35 



Ligurian or Italian 35 



The Syrian and Cyprian Ptaces 37 



Other Races - 38 



Bibliography , 39 



Valuable Books for the Student of Entomology 42 



CIIAPTEU II. 



Anatomy and Physiology 43 



Anatomy of Insects 43 



Organs of tlie Head 43 



Appendages of the Thorax 50 



Internal Anatomy^ of Insects 52 



Secretory Organs of Insects 57 



Sex Organs of Insects 5g 



Transformations of Insects 61 



The Egg 62 



The Larva of Insects 63 



Tlie Pupa of Insects 63 



The ImagoStage 65 



Incomplete Transformation qq 



