A PRACTICAL TREATISE 
ON THE 
MANAGEMENT OF HONEY BEES, 
ETC. 
The careful Insect, midst his works I view, 
Now from the flowers exhaust the fragrant dew; 
With golden treasure load his little thighs 
And steer his distant journey through the skies. 
Some, against hostile drones, the hive defend, 
Others, with sweets the waxen cells distend; 
Each in the toil his destined office bears, 
And in the little bulk a mighty soul appears. 
GaY. 
The bee is small among the fowls, yet doth its fruit 
pass in sweetness. Eccuesiasticus, xi. 3. 
CHAPTER I. 
ON THE ANATOMY OF THE HONEY BEE. 
THE Honey Bee, Apis Mellificia, is of the 
order of insects having four membranaceous 
wings. Its anatomical structure presents, 
even to the superficial observer, striking evi- 
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