14 BEES AND BEE-KEEPING. 



although some others are cultivated as imported bees, 

 and notably Apis ligustica, or the Ligurian bee ; so 

 that the whole classification of the subject of our* 

 study would take the form now given : 



Kingdom Animal. 



Sub-Kingdom Annulosa. 



Division Arthropoda. 



Class Insecta. 



Order Hymenoptera. 



Family Apidae. 



Genus Apis. 



Species Mellifica. 



