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CONTENTS. 
CHAPTER V. 
PAG* 
Dwellings of Bees. — Skill of Bees in furnishing them. — 
Shape of Cells. — Secretion of Wax. — Gathering of 
Honey. — Propolis. — Neatness and Health of the 
Hive 46 
CHAPTER VI. 
Construction of the Comb. — Division of Labor. — Ar- 
rangement of the Cells. — Different kinds of Cells. — 
Ingenuity of Bees. — Arrangement of the Comb. — 
Remarkable instance of alteration of a Comb. — The 
wonders of Creation 58 
CHAPTER VII. 
Food of Bees. — Gathering and storing of Pollen and 
Honey. — Learn from the Bee to shun evil. — Stor- 
ing of Honey in the Hive. — The Bees and the Poets 09 
CHAPTER VIII. 
Eyes of Bees — Antennas. — Sense of Touch. — Hear- 
ing. — Their Economy of Time. — Queen Elizabeth. 
— Value of Time. — Former Custom of destroying 
Bees. — Modern Hives. — Thomson on Cruelty to 
Bees. — Ventilation of Hives. — Who taught the 
Bee. — Enemies of the Bee. — Bee Moth. — Fortifica- 
tions of a Hive. — Gratitude to God for the Volume 
of Nature 
CHAPTER IX. 
Other Honey-Bees. — The Humble Bee. — The Carder 
Bee. — The Lapidary Bee. — The Carpenter Bee. — 
The Mason Bee. — The Mining Bee. — The Uphol- 
sterer Bee. — The Poppy Bee. — The Rose-Leaf Cut- 
ter. — “The works of the Lord are great.” . . 87 
