Viil. INTRODUCTION. 
Bees read a lecture to mankind that exem- 
plifies their oriental name, Deburrah, she that 
speaketh. 'The study is delightful to the 
mind that contemplates the mysterious ope- 
rations of nature, and traces its wonderful 
phenomena up to nature’sGod. 'The indus- 
trious Bee has ever been viewed by intelli- 
gent naturalists as an interesting species of 
insects, and the fruits of its industry as 
among the choicest productions of nature.” 
There is no branch of husbandry, the cul- 
tivation of which furnishes for our table a 
more innocent and grateful luxury, than that 
of the Bee, nor any part of natural history 
better calculated to raise our contemplation 
to that Divine Wisdom which creates and 
sustains them. If you speak of a Bee, your 
conversation will be a sort of demonstration 
of His power whose hand formed them, for 
the wisdom of the workman is commonly 
perceived in that which is of little size. He 
who has stretched out the heavens, and dug 
up the bottom of the sea, is also He who has 
pierced a passage through the sting of the 
