Manual of the apiary

by Albert John Cook

PART FIRST.

NATURAL HISTORY
OF
THE HONEY BEE.

NATURAL HISTORY OF THE HONEY-BEE.

CHAPTER I.
THE BEE'S PLACE IN THE ANIMAL KINGDOM.

It is estimated by Heer and other eminent naturalists, that there are more than 250,000 species of living animals. It will be both interesting and profitable to look in upon this vast host, that we may know the position and relationship of the bee to all this mighty concourse of life.