CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER I. 



HISTORY AND PHYSIOLOGY OP THE HONEY BEE. 



The queen, - 11 



Description of the queen, - 12 



Does the queen govern the colony, 13 

 No sovereignty exercised by the queen 



over the colony, 15 



The economy of the colony directed by 



workers, - 19 



The only necessity for the queen is to 



provide eggs, • 23 



No eggs are deposited by the queen in 



queen cells, - 26 



Do worker bees accord royal honors to 



queens, 30 



Mode of rearing queens, 38 



Impregnation of queens, • 44 



Langs troth's theOBy, - 55 



The worker bee, - 57 



Description of the working bee, 58 



The drone, 61 



Drone-laying queens, - 63 



Fertile workers, • 04 



Rearing brood, 

 Mode of commencing, - 

 Mode of laying eggs described, 

 Description of the eggs, 



Analysis of wax, 



Boa bread, or pollen, 



SPKING. 

 CHAPTER II. 

 BREEDING OP BEES. 



• 67 Young bees reared without water, 71 



68 "When and how brood is reared up and 

 - 69 perfected, 72 



69 Quantity of eggs laid by a queen, 75 



CHAPTER III. 



WAX. 



76 Comb, or architecture of beea, 



78 Economy of materials, 

 CHAPTER IV. 



BEE-BREAD, OR POLLEN. 



86 How pollen is stored, 



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