viii. Contents. 



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Bees and Honey ]2 



Blessed Bees 13 



Foreign Publications 13 



British Bee-Journal 13 



Foreign Books 13 



Promptitude ] ^ 



Enthusiasm 1* 



IP.A.:R,T I. 



NATUBAIi HISTORY OF THE HONEY 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 



Sub-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 35 



German or Black Bee 35 



Ligurian or Italian 35 



The Syrian and Cyprian Races 37 



Other Races 38 



Bibliography 39 



Valuable Books for the Student of Entomology 42 



» CHAPTER II. 



Anatomy and Physiology 43 



Anatomy of Insects 43 



Organs of the Head 43 



Appendages of the Thorax 60 



Internal Anatomy of Insects 52 



Secretory Organs of Insects 57 



Sex Organs of Insects *. 58 



Transformations of Insects 61 



The Egg 62 



The Larva of Insects 63 



The Pupa of Insects gj 



The Imago Stage gg 



Incomplete Transformation , , ,.,., gg 



