XU EXPLANATION OF PLATES. 



JFjo. 46.— Female Bee-Moth. See p. 229. 



Fio. 69.— Female Bee-Moth, with OTipositor eztraded, and eggs pasaing through 



it See p. 230. 

 Fig. 60.— Male Bee-Moth. See p. 229. 

 FiQ. 61.— Small Male Bee-Moth. See p. 229. 

 Fig. 62. — Head of Mexican Honey-Hornet, magnified. See p. 87. 

 Fig. 68.— Head of Honey-Bee, magniflod. See p. ST. 



Figs. 64, 65. — Jaws of Honey-Hornet and Honey-Bee, magnified. See p. 87. 

 Some of these Illustrations were taken from Swammerdam, Beaumur, and 

 Huber. ' 

 PLATE XIT. — For an explanation of this plate, which represents the different 



kinds of Cells in the Honey-Comb, see p. 66. 

 PLATE XV. — For an explanation of Fig. 48, whiclj represents "Worker and Drone- 

 Comb, of natural size, see p. T4. 

 Fig. 58. — ^A Group of Queen Cells, drawn from a specimen found in the Author's 

 hive. See p. 191. 

 PLATE XVI.— Fig. 51.— Proboscis of a 'Worker-Bee, highly magnified. See p. 56. 

 Fig. 63, Plate XIII., shows the Proboscis attached to the head. 

 Fig. 52. — Abdomen of a "Worker-Bee, magnified. 

 ELATE XVII.— Fig. 58.— Sting of a Worker, highly magnified. See p. 56. 

 Fig. 54. — Honoy-sac, Intestines, Stomach, and Eectum of a Worker-Bee. Sec 

 p. 56. 

 PLATE XVIII. — For an explanation of this plate, which represents the Ovaries 



(and adjacent parts) of a Queen-Bee, see p. 35. 

 PLATE XIX.— Fig. 56.— Cocoons spun by Larysa of the Bee-Moth. See p. 233. 

 PLATE XX.— Fig. 57.- Mass of Webs, Cocoons, and Excrements left in a Hive 

 destroyed by the Larvai of the Bee-Moth. See p. 235. 



PLATE XXL— Figs. 66, 67, 63, 69, and TO.— German method of "Wintering Bees 

 See p. 848. 



PLATE XXIL— Fig." 71 is the Frontispiece to the First "Edition. See p. 831. 

 PLATE XXIII.— Shows the position in which a Frame is held when taken from 

 the Movable-Comb Hive. — See p. ITl. 



