THE BEE. 65 



CHAPTER V. 



THE MAN AND THE BEE. — THE BEE AND THE POETS. — CON- 

 STITUTION OP A HIVE. — THE QUEEN AND HEB DUTIES. — 



THE DBONES, AHE THEY MEN ABOUT TOWN P THEIB, EATE. 



THE -WOUKEKS. — ^WAX, ITS COMPOSITION AND USES, — HONEY, 

 ITS constituents; adulteration, DETECTION BY THE 

 MICEOSCOPB. — KINDS OP HONEY, BEVERAGES MADE PROM 

 IT. — ANECDOTES CONCEENING POISONED HONEY. — BEE- 

 BREAD, ITS APPEARANCE UNDER THE MICROSCOPE, ETC.— 

 PROPOLIS, HOW COLLECTED AND EMPLOYED; KIRBY AND 

 SPENCE'S (HUBEr's) account OP ITS APPLICATION. — HOW 

 THE BEES ENTOMBED A DEAD MOUSE AND A LIVING SNAIL 

 WITH PROPOLIS. — NATURE AND OCCUPATIONSOP THBWOEKEE 

 BEE. — WAX-MAKEES AND BEE-NURSES. — CONSTRUCTION OP 

 CELLS. — ^MIRACULOUS POWERS ATTRIBUTED TO THE BEE IN 

 THIS RESPECT. — VARIOUS THEORIES CONCEENING HEXA- 

 GONAL FOEM OP CELLS : COMPARISON OP THESE THEORIES, 

 AND DEDUCTIONS. — THE HONEYCOMB. — WORKER-, DEONB-, 

 AND QUEEN-CELLS, AND THEIR USES. — THE LITTLE HONEY- 

 GATHEEEE, HOW SHE PERTILIZES PLANTS. — HAS THE CREA- 

 TOR POEMED ANY ANIMAL IN VAIN ? — LIEE AT THE HIVE- 

 GATES. — AEEIVAL AND DEPARTURE OP EXCURSIONISTS AND 

 TEADEES. — A PEEP INSIDE. — LIVING VENTILATORS. — THE 

 BEE AND THE MAN AGAIN. — INTERNAL ECONOMY OP THE 

 HIVE. — APIAEIAN BOARD OP HEALTH, AND BURIAL BOARD. — 

 THE ART OP PORTIPICATION AMONGST THE BEES. 



How remarkable is the analogy that exists between 

 the natural history of the human race, as known to 



