CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER IV. 



THE DRONES. 



Distinguishing Characteristics— Time of Hatching— Numbers — 

 Purposes served by them — Destruction by Workers or other 

 means — Unusual Survival . 29 — 34 



CHAPTER V. 



THE WORKERS. 



Distinguishing Characteristics— Supposed Differences of Function 

 among them— Sir John Lubbock's Experiments— Fertile 

 Workers— Length of Life— "Black Bees"— Duties of 

 Workers . . l?— 4;? 



CHAPTER VL 



HONEY. 



Origin— how Collected and Stored— Constitution— Poisonous 

 Honey— Best varieties of Honey— Distances traversed by 

 Bees in search of Honey — Uses . . ... aa 48 



CHAPTER VII. 



MEAD. 



Natui-e— Method of Manufacture— Metheglin and Mead— Estima- 

 tion in former times— Queen Elizabeth's Recipe— Scandi- 

 navian liking for Mead . . . . ^ 



CHAPTER VIIL 



WAX. 



Origin-Production-Chemical Constitution-Comb-Building— 

 Detailed Description-Amount of Wax in Hives— Commer- 

 cial Value — Properties . 



• • • S3— 71 



CHAPTER IX. 



POLLEN, OR BEE-BREAD. 



Origin---Collection-Conveyance-Deposition-Quantity Stored 

 —Uses— Artificial Substitutes 



• 72-75 



