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CONTENTS. 
' CHAP. VIII. 
On the Maladies of the Bees. — Difficulty of ascertain- 
ing the precise nature of the maladies of Bees. — The 
dysentery the most frequent malady. — False opinion of 
Ducouedic respecting the excrement of Bees. — Symp- 
toms of the dysentery. — Occasioned by long confine- 
ment. Other causes stated. — Kemedies proposed. — 
Ivecipe of Ranconi. — Remedy proposed by Wildman. — 
Management of the hives during the disorder. — 'I'he 
abortive brood productive of diseases. — Lice seldom 
fo-und in any new hives.— Bee-bread considered by some 
Apiarians as a malady, . , , . .167 
CHAP. IX. 
On the Brood.— Definition of the brood. — Different 
states of the brood. — Description pf the eggs. — The 
Larva. — The Nymph.— Gradual growth of the Bee.— 
Its emancipation from the cell. — Attention of the old 
Bees to the young.— The irascibility of the Bees in pro- 
portion to the quantity of the brood. — Disputes respect- 
ing the nature of the food administered to the brood. 
Opinion of Ducouedic respecting it.— Analogy between 
the Bee and the butterfly. — The Larva not fed with ho- 
ney — Experiment to determine it.— Objections there- 
to. — Investigation of the contents of the bladder of the 
Bee. — Conclusions drawn therefrom, . .169 
CHAP. X. 
On the Comb of the Bee. — New hives to be .smoked. 
Propolis the only substance made use pf in the construc- 
tion of the comb. — Diflerent substances mentioned by 
the ancients. — A swarm provided with j^he requisites for 
the construction of combs. — Method of their construc- 
tion.- Description of the cells.— Mathematical propor- 
tion ofthem. — The Drone cells. — The Queen cells, 171 
CHAP. XI. 
On the different Substances found in a Hive.— Pro- 
^ polis,— Its nature,- 'fhe use to which it is applied, , 
Its medicinal qualities, — A substitute for varnish. 
Crude wax. — Definitions of it.— Opinion of the ancienU 
respecting it. — Difl'erence between propolis and wax. 
