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ANALYSIS OF SUBJECTS. 
A visit to the cemetery of Pbre-Lachaise, ... . . ... .. 295 
Here certain lonely graves were haunted by a flight of bees, ... . ... ... 296 
Yet they were not true bees ; they were two-winged, .297 
They were “ the Bees ” of which Virgil had sung, . . .298 
CHAPTER VII.—THE BEE IN THE FIELDS. 
Contrast between the Plant and the Animal, .301 
Yet the one life in some points approaches the other, and a certain sympathy exists 
between the flower and the winged insect, ... ... ... ... ... .302 
What the flower owes to the bee, ... ... ... ... ... . ... ... 303 
And how far the bee is indebted to the flower, ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 303 
A panegyric upon the bee, which gives new life to vegetation, ... ... .304 
The bee’s visit to the flower, and what takes place, ... ... . .305 
It gives and it receives ; evening and morning, ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 306 
How the bee suffers from cold, keen airs, ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 307 
Farewell, madam, and many thanks ! ” ... ... . ... ... ... ... 308 
CHAPTER VIII.—THE BEES AS ARCHITECTS : THE CITY. 
Artistic character of the bee-hive, . ... . ... 311 
Its government democratic, or a modified constitutional monarchy, ... . ... 312 
The writer traces the foundation and erection of the hive, . . ... 313 
Its division into cells, and their differences of construction, ... ... ... ... ... 314 
The thoughtful skill of the builders illustrated, . ... . ... 315 
As in their improvised defence against the ravages of the Sphinx Atropos, ... ... ... 316 
Which may be accepted as a proof of the intelligence of insects as distinguished from 
instinct, ... ... . . .317 
CHAPTER IX.—HOW THE BEES CREATE THE PEOPLE AND THE COMMON MOTHER. 
Care of the bee for the nymph, or larva, .321 
As it grows, so does its wonderful organization develop, ... ... ... ... ... 322 
Special care bestowed on the future queen, . . ... .3£3 
The queen bee has attributes of its own, . ... ... ... 324 
Her rage, when she becomes aware of the existence of possible rivals, ... ... ... 325 
The community divided between the old love and the new, ... ... ... ... ... 325 
An emigration takes place, ... ... 1 . .325 
And a new commonwealth is established, ... ... ... ... • ... ... ... ... 326 
Sometimes the old queen and the new encounter one another, ... .. . ... 327 
In which case a deadly combat ensues, ... . ... ... ... 328 
And the victor becomes the idol of the people, . ... . ... ... 328 
If both perish, the community, in a state of great excitement, proceed to feed and bring 
up another, . ... . . .329 
Whom they will guard with loving loyalty, ... .. ... ... .. ... ... 329 
CONCLUSION. 
A comparison, and a contrast, between the bee and the ant, ... ... ... ... ... 333 
All insects teach certain noteworthy lessons, ... . ... .334 
And, primarily, a reverence for life, ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 335 
Various anecdotes from the writer’s own experience are here brought forward, in defence 
of the thesis that life is more precious than science, .336 
Illustrative Notes, 
... 341 
