CONTENTS. 
CHAP. PAGE 
PREFACE V 
I. THE HIVE BEE I 
n. THE BEE NATION 4 
III. EXTERNAL SKELETON . . . . « ^5 
IV. THE HEAD OF THE BEE l 8 
V. THORAX, LEGS, AND WINGS 3 1 
VI. THE ABDOMEN 47 
VII. INTERNAL STRUCTURE 49 
VIII. RESPIRATION 5 1 
IX. BLOOD CIRCULATION 56 
X. NERVOUS SYSTEM 62 
XI. THE BRAIN 66 
XII. MUSCULAR SYSTEM 7 1 
XIII. STING STRUCTURE 74 
XIV. ORGANS OF SOUND 83 
XV. SMELLING, HEARING, AND UNKNOWN ORGANS . 88 
XVI. EYES AND SIGHT 98 
