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nufactared into hats, i. 274 and 275. the tools with which they 
work, 2/6. their sagacity in fixing their abode — their cause- 
way described, 2 77 and 278. their houses, how built, 2 79. de- 
scribed by Captain Cartwright, 280. their winter provisions, 
28 i. and the manner of stowing it, 282. their affection for 
their young and each other— manner of catching them, 283. 
Terrier heavers, what — beaver will live entirely upon land, 284. 
description of those in Exeter Change, 285 and 28(3. 
Bees dwell very peaceably together while they have room — when 
the young bees leave the hive — swarming an act of necessity, 
ii. 405. strange noise heard in the hive before they depart — 
what becomes of the young colony — more than one queen in 
a hive creates quarrels, 40(3. labours of the bees in building a 
habitation, 407. formation of the comb described — royal cells 
— manner in which the queen bee lays her eggs, 410. care 
of the maggots fall to the share of the labourers — passage 
through the chrysalis state, 411. bee-bread, what, 412. the 
oeconomy of bees really wonderful, 413. their manner of col- 
lecting honey, 414. its flavour depends on the country where 
it is produced, 415. bees quiet in cold weather— queen seldom 
appears in public — is followed by a numerous train when she 
goes abroad, 416. particular description of the queen bee— a 
swarm has but one queen, 417 — 4 19- males, account of — ex- 
pelled from the hive in the autumn, 420. labourers, their great 
use in a hive, 422. trunk of the bee described, 423. breast, 424. 
belly— sting — bees removed from place to place in search of 
better pasturage, 425—429. inhabitants of the Low'er Egypt 
imbark their bees on the Nile, 430. method used to discover 
bees in America, 431. Carpenter lee, its singular manners, 431. 
account of a bee nearly allied to the carpenter, 435. anecdote re- 
specting it by M. Reaumur, 436. Mason hep, its curious habi- 
tation, 438. its enemies, 439. 
Beetle, Exploding. See Exploding Beetle. 
Beetle, Phosphoric. See Phosphoric Beetle. 
Beetle, Stag. See Stag Beetle. 
Beetle, Grave-digging. See Grave-digging Beetle. 
Beetle, Hercules. See Hercules Beetle. 
