THE BEE. 11 



CHAPTER II. 



THE INSECT BACES AND THEIB CHAEACTEHISTIC ATTHIBUTES. 

 — THE bee's place IN THE ANIiTAL KINGDOM. — GENBEAL 

 APPEAEANCE AND PECtrLIAEITIES OF THE WOEKEB, DBONI:, 

 AKD QUEEN. — ^HEAD OP THE BEE. — ^WONDEEPTTL STEUCTUBB 

 OF ITS EYES. — THE OCELLI, OE COMPOUND EYES. — STEM- 

 MATA, OE SIMPLE EXES. — LESSONS CONVEYED BY THEIE 

 EXAMINATION. 



It is now so well imderstood wtat an insect is, as 

 well as what it is not (for a great number of those 

 fomis that were popularly termed insects really be- 

 long to other divisions of the Animal Kingdom), that 

 it would hardly appear necessary to refer at any 

 length to the various attributes that characterize the 

 class. We shall, however, glance cursorily at its 

 typical features, leaving those who desire a more par- 

 ticular account of it, to consult one of the numerous 

 zoological works that treat upon the subject. 



An insect is an articulated animal; that is, an 

 animal not possessing an internal skeleton, but en- 

 veloped in a thick integument or case composed of 

 a number of articulations or riags connected together 

 by a thinner membrane. When fully developed, it 

 invariably possesses six annulated legs, whereby it is 

 distinguishable from all other articulated animals; 



