BEE. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Mouth armed with jaws, and furnished with a proboscis, en- 
closed in a bivalve sheath. 
Wings extended and without folds. 
Females and neuters provided with a sting concealed in the 
abdomen. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Apis mellifica. A. pubescens, thorace subgriseo, abdomine 
fusco., tibiis posterioribus ciliatis ; intns 
transverse striatis. Linn. Syst. Nat. Gmel. I . 
p. 2774. 
Body downy; thorax grayish; abdomen brown ; 
legs hairy behind, and striated transversely 
on the inside. 
, Apis domestica sive vulgaris. Raj. Lis. 
p. 240. 
Apis gregaria. Geoff. Ins. 2. p. 407. no - !• 
Common Bee. . Reaum. Ins. 5. p. 21. 23. Suh. Ins. pi. IQ . 
f. 123. Shaw Gen. Zool. 6. p. I89. pi. Q 8. 
The history of this industrious insect affords one 
of the most interesting subjects in the whole range 
of animated nature; therefore it is not surprising 
that such ample details should have been written 
