Contents 



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CHAPTER VII 

 THE NERVOUS SYSTEM AND THE SENSES 



Nervous system — Sense organs — Sight — Smell — An- 

 tennal sense organs — Taste — Touch — Hearing — Temper- 

 ature sense — Finding of the flowers — Finding of the hive 

 — Memory — Nature of bee activities 



162-180 



CHAPTER VIII 



THE REPRODUCTIVE PROCESSES AND PAR- 

 THENOGENESIS 



Origin of the eggs — Origin of the male sex cells — Par- 

 thenogenesis — Sex determination — Practical applications 

 — Hermaphrodite bees — Eggs which fail to hatch . . 181-191 



CHAPTER IX 

 RACES OF BEES 



Types of social bees — Species of the genus Apis — Vari- 

 eties of the species mellifica — Egyptian — Syrian — Cyprian 

 — Grecian — Caucasian — Italian — German — Carniolan — 

 African races — Asiatic races — Chinese-Japanese — Best 

 race of bees ... 



192-204 



CHAPTER X 



REGIONAL DIFFERENCES WITHIN THE 

 UNITED STATES 



Variation in intensity of honey-flows — Variation in the 

 value of plants — Beekeeping regions — General regions — 

 The white clover region — The alfalfa region — The south- 

 eastern region — The semi-arid region of the southwest — 

 The sage region — Restricted regions — Buckwheat — Su- 

 mac — Spanish needle — Willo wherb — Sweet clover — Blue 

 thistle — Raspberry — Beans — Heartsease — Variation 

 within a region — Distribution of bees in- the United States 

 — Migratory beekeeping — Overstocking — Dadant out- 

 apiaries 



205-221 



