CONTENTS. 



PAGES 



Introduction .... . . . i — 3 



CHAPTER I. 



HISTORIC SKETCH. 



Holy Scriptures — ^Vedas — ^Egyptian Monuments — The Koran — 

 Etymological Considerations — Literature of Subject — Aris- 

 totle — Philiscus — Pliny — Vergil — Columella — Other Classical 

 Authors — Shakespeare — Modern Writers . ... 4 — 9 



CHAPTER II. 



NATURAL HISTORY. 



Orders of Insects — Stages of Development— Egg, Larva, Pupa, 

 Imago or Perfect Insect — Three Classes of Bees : Queen, 

 Drones, Workers 10 — 16 



CHAPTER III. 



THE QUEEN-BEE. 



Early Errors as to Sex— The "Mother Bee "—Distinguishing 

 Characteristics — Functions — Attentions paid her — Effects of 

 Loss ; how Repaired by Bees — Enmity to Rivals — Length of 

 Life — Egg-laying . . I? — 28 



