CONTENTS. 



CHAP. FAGE 



Introduction l 



I. — Wild and Hive Bees 7 



II. — Economy of Hive Bee *5 



III. — General Structure 2 9 



IV. — Nerve System ' - - - 45 



V. — Digestive System 57 



VI. — Salivary (?) Glands of Bees - - - - - 7 2 



VII. — Tongue and Mouth Parts 87 



VIII. — Organs of Special Sense : Antennae and Eyes - 102 



IX. — Thorax and Legs 120 



X. — Wings and Flight : Buzzing and Humming - - 134 



XL — Secretion of Wax, and Bee Architecture - - 151 



XII. — Sting Structure 183 



XIII. — Organs of the Drone - - - - - - - 198 



XIV. — Queen Organs and Development - - - - 212 



XV. — Bees and Flowers Mutually Complementary - 247 



XVI.— Bees as Fertilisers, Florists, and Fruit-producers 279 



