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NOTES AND HINTS ABOUT BEES. 



To persons not much acquainted with bees the fol- 

 lowing notes and hints may be useful: — 



Fig. I. Fig. 2. Fig. 3. 



Fig. I . The ^ueen Bee : the head is of a triangular 

 shape; her wings very short, not extending 

 beyond the one-half of her body, which is 

 longer, and more pointed, than that of the 

 working bees. Her legs and corselet are copper- 

 coloured ; thorax grey, and abdomen brown. 

 There is only one queen to a hive; while there 

 are from 10,000 to 15,000 workers, and perhaps 

 1000 or 1200 drones. 



Fig. 2. The Drone, or Male Bee; the head is round, 

 its large body is almost entirely covered by its 

 wings. It has no sting. The drones appear 

 only at the season of swarming, and are all put 

 to death by the workers in the autumn. 



Fig. 3. The Working Bee. Head somewhat tri- 

 angular; the smallest and most numerous of the 

 hive, which every one knows as the honey-bee. 

 It builds the combs, makes the honey, and feeds 

 the young. 



