LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 



FIG. PACE 



23. Nervous System of Larva of Bee . ... 82 



24. Nervous System of Perfect Insect 83 



25. Eyes of a Bee (greatly magnified) 85 



26. Facets of Eye of a Bee . .86 



27. Head of Bee, with Antenna .... . . 98 



28. Lower Segments of Hind-Leg of Bee, considerably 



enlarged 1 10 



29. Complete Hind-Leg of Bee no 



30. Wing of Bee .... 112 



31. Hooklets cfi? A Bee's Wing 113 



32. Abdomen of Bee, showing Respiratory Organs . . 116 



33. Air-sacs of Worker 117 



34. a. Air-sacs ; b. Ovaries, of the Queen 118 



35. a, Trache/E; b, ELASTIC Spiral of TrachE/« .... 119 



36. Under Side of Abdomen, showing Wax Scales . . 121 



37. Bee, showing the Wax Scales 121 



38. Scales 121 



39. Ovaries and Spermatheca of Queen 123 



40. Sting of a Bee (greatly magnified) 125 



41. Barbs of a Bee's Sting (very highly magnified) . 126 



42. The Enemies of Bees . .... 141 



43. Straw Skep .... ... ... 150 



44. Flat-topped Hive and Straw Super . .151 



45. Neighbour's Improved Cottager's Hive . . . . 152 



46. ,, „ „ .... 153 



47. Modern Hives. Nutt's Collateral Hive in the 



Foreground ler 



48. The Woodbury Hive ... lo 



49. Woodbury Straw Bar-Frame Hive ... -157 



50. Cheshire's Bar-Frame Hive 159 



51. Cheshire's Bar-Frame Hive (sectional view). . 160 



52. Abbott's Standard Frame .... . . . i6i 



S3- ,> ,, (top view) .... 161 



54. Neighbour's Sectional Super (open) . . . 162 



55- Frame Super , 



56. Glass Frame Hive, with Super ^g, 



57- Stewarton Hive . . 



165 



