CHAPTER II. 



ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY. 



§ I. PRELIMINARY REMARKS. 



JLTHOUGH the principal object in compiling 

 the present work has been to induct our readers 

 into the way of keeping bees according to the 

 most recent and approved methods, it requires little apo- 

 ' logy for thus apparently deviating from such prescribed 

 course by devoting a small portion of our space to a de- 

 scription of the anatomy of the wonderful little creatures 

 whose labours all our contrivances are intended to assist, 

 especially since a knowledge of their habits is not only 

 interesting to the bee-keeper, but enables him to conduct 

 his apiary in accordance therewith. 



In a treatise of this kind, intended to be of a popular 

 character, we shall endeavour to place these details 

 before our readers in a concise and simple manner, 

 avoiding as much as may be technical terms, and refer- 

 ring those who wish to go more deeply into this branch of 

 the subject to the works of Kirby and Spence, Samuelson, 



