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CONTENTS. 
who work in the Apiary. — Dislike certain persons. — 
Extent of their lives not yet ascertained. — Their clean- 
liness. — Their instinctive sense of labour, . 147 
CHAP. H- . 
Descript;on of the Queen Beej — ^Her make, — Fecundi- 
ty. — Various systems of the manner of her fecunda- 
tion. — 'J'he Queen knows not coition. — Reluctance of 
the Queen to sting. — Attachment of the Bees to the 
Queen. — Her importance to the hive. — Supernumerary 
Queens massacred at the end of the season. Descrip- 
tion of the Queen’s cell.— =-Erioneous opinions of cer- 
tain Naturalists with regard to the fructification of the 
e^s. — Analogy of the Queen Bee and the W.asp. — Ex- 
periment to ascertain the existence of eggs in winter. — 
Method of driving a hive explained, . . 149 
CHAP. 111. 
On the Drones. — Characteristics of the Drones in a 
hive. — Possess no sting. — The eggs of the Queen fruc- 
tified by them. — Natural make of the Drone. — Not 
brooding Bees. Refutation of the opinion of Reaumur 
and Debraw, re.specting two kinds of Drones. — No 
swarms produced if a deficiency of Drones. — .A reme- 
dy for this disadvantage. — Experiment to prove its effi- 
cacy. — Drones massacred at the end of the season. — 
Opinion of Keys’. — Drones always found in a swarm. — 
Manner in which they are killed, . . . 151 
CHAP. IV. 
On the Common Bees. — Called mules in some parts of 
England. — Their use. — Erroneous opinion respecting 
their economy. — Four kinds of Bee^ mentioned by Na- 
turalists. — One sort only known in England. — Difference 
in the size of the Bee accounted for. — Physical descrip- 
tion of the Bee.— The honey-bag. — The honey contain- 
ed in it not intended for the support of the Bee. — No ho- 
ney to be found in it in the winter. — The sling. — 'I’lie ve- 
nom bladder. — The poison most vii ulent in summer. — 
Remedies for the sting. — Suggestions of M. Lombard 
respecting the sting. — Swammerdam’s method to pre- 
vent a fine from stinging. — Specific used in Prussia for 
the sting of the Bee. — Eulogy on the Bee, . 162 
