EXPLANATION OF PLATES. 
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Fio. 46.—Female Bee-Moth. See p. 229. 
Fiq. 59.-~Fema1e Bee-Moth, with Ovipositor eitnided, and eggs passing through 
IL See p. 230. 
Fio. 60.—Male Bee-Moth. See p. 229. 
Fio. 61.—Small Male Bee-Moth. See p. 229. 
Fio. 62. —Head of Mexican Honey-Hornet, magnified. See p. 87. 
Fio. 68.—Head of Honey-Bee, magnified. See p. 87. 
Fios. 64, 65.->^aws of Honey-ilornet and Uoney-Bee, magnified. See p. 87. 
Some of these Illustrations were taken from Swammerdam, Beaumar, and 
Haber. 
PLATE XIV.—For an explanation of this plate, which represents the different 
kinds of Celts in the Honey-Comb, see p. 66. 
PLATE XV.—For an explanation of Fio. 48, whloh represents Worker and Drone- 
Comb, of natural size, see p. 74. 
Fio. 58.—A Group of Queen Cells, drawn from a specimen found in the Aatbor*s 
hive. See p. 191. 
PLATE XVI.— Fio. 61.—Proboscis of a Worker-Bee, highly magnified. See p. 66. 
Fio. 63, Plate XIIL, shows the Proboscis attached to the bead. 
Fio. 62.—Abdomen of a Worker-Bee, magnified. 
PLATE XVII.— Fio. 68.—Sting of a Worker, highly magnlflc A See p. 66. 
Fto. 64.—Honey-sac, Intestines, Stomach, and Kectum of a Worker-Bee. Sec 
p. 66. 
PLATE XVIII.—For an explanation of this plate, which represents the Ovaries 
(and adjacent parts) of a Queen-Bee, see p. 85. 
PLATE XIX.—Fio. 66.—Cocoons spun by Larvss of the Bee-Moth. See p. 288. 
PLATE XX.—Fio. 67.—Mass of Webs, Cocoons, and Excrements left in a Hive 
destroyed by the Larvee of the Bee-Moth. See p. 285. 
PLATE XXL—Fios. 66, 67, 63, 69, and 70.—German method of Wintering Bees 
See p. 848. 
PLATE XXII.-'Fio. 71 is the Frontispiece to the First Edition. See p. SSL 
PLATE XXIIl.—Shows the position in which a Frame is held when taken from 
the Movable-Comb Hive.—See p. 171. 
