X CONTENTS. 



construction and distribution through the Body. — Nerv- 

 oiis and Circulating Systems : their relative position in 

 the Bee. — Dorsal Vessel and Phenomena of Circulation. 

 — Nervous System. — Organs of Reproduction in the 

 Queen-bee. — Ovaries, &c. — Method whereby the Egga 

 are Fertilized, and remarkable power of Reproduction 

 in the Virgin Queen. — Sting. — Unity of Design in the 

 Bee's Structure page 60 



CHAPTER V. 



The Man and the Bee. — The Bee and the Poets. — Consti- 

 tution of a Hive. — The Queen and her Duties. — The 

 Drones, are they Men about Town ? Their Fate. — The 

 "Workers. — Wax, its Composition and Uses. — Honey, 

 its Constituents ; Adulteration, Detection by the Micro- 

 scope. — Kinds of Honey, Beverages made from it. — 

 Anecdotes concerning Poisoned Honey. — Bee-bread, its 

 appearance under the Microscope, &c, — Propolis, how 

 collected and employed ; Kirby and Spence's (Pluber's) 

 account of its Application. — How the Bees entombed a 

 dead Mouse and a living Snail with Propolis. — Nature 

 and Occupations of the Worker Bee. — Wax-makers and 

 Bee-nurses. — Construction of Cells. — Miraculous powers 

 attributed to the Bee in this respect. — Various Theories 

 concerning Hexagonal Form of Cells : comparison of 

 these Theories, and deductions. — The Honeycomb. — 

 Worker-, Drone-, and Queen-cells, and their Uses. — 

 The little Honey-gatherer, how she Fertilizes Plants. — 

 Has the Creator formed any Animal in vain ?— Life at 

 the Hive-gates. — ^Arrival and departure of Excursionists 

 and Traders. — A Peep inside. — Living Ventilators. — 

 The Bee and the Man again. — Internal Economy of the 

 Hive. — Apiarian Board of Health, and Burial Board. — 

 The Art of Fortification amongst the Bees 65 



CHAPTER VL 



The Queen. — Her method of laying Eggs. — Wonderful 

 Phenomena accompanying the Listinctive Deposition of 



